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Month: December 2018
Election in Ephesians 1
Trying to understand Ephesians 1 and was wondering if you could help. Paul seems to be addressing the visible/historical church in Ephesus. If my assumption is right then he is saying that the people in the visible church of Ephesus are predestined to adoption as sons, have redemption through Christ’s blood, have been gifted with every spiritual blessing, etc. My trouble is that as a Calvinist I don’t know how to make sense of the fact that he calls all of that visible church elect? Could you help me work through this important passage?
Must the Pastor be a Gifted Theologian?
What do you think the relationship is between depth of theological understanding and being a good pastor? Is it a straight one to one correlation? Other things being equal, a better theological understanding will make a better church leader? Once you are over a certain threshold of theological understanding does it then become.more about preaching ability, love for people, management skills etc? I think I default to thinking that there is a very strong correspondence (as the people whose books have greatly helped me have all been deep thinkers), but the more I think about it the more this seems wrong (most local church leaders are not going to have the time or money to train to a very deep level).
Transcript for ‘Responding to Criticisms of Echoes of Exodus’ Video
One of my supporters has very kindly transcribed the video in which I respond to criticisms of Echoes of Exodus. I don’t have time to transcribe my videos myself, so anyone willing to volunteer to transcribe one video every week or fortnight would be greatly appreciated! I’ve very lightly edited the transcript at a few points for the purpose of comprehension.
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What They Didn’t Teach Me in My Formal Theological Education
You mentioned in a video about training that key parts of your theological knowledge/training you had to work on yourself in your own time as they weren’t addressed in the curriculum. What were those key areas?
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Theological Training
After your thread on Twitter RE: theological training, and given that you’re currently back in the UK, could you share with us what you think the best avenues for theological training are for people in the UK?
Responding to Criticisms of Echoes of Exodus
Could you respond to some of the criticisms raised by this review of Echoes of Exodus?
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