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I encourage my fellow Burundians who sense God’s call to ministry to apply to Thirdmill Seminary! You will 1) grow in understanding about Jesus Christ and the work He has accomplished; and 2) grow and develop in your skills to serve the Kingdom of God. - Pacifique Ibonavyose 🇧🇮

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The Old Testament is not a random amalgam of episodes, genealogies and prophetic tidbits. Instead, it is unified around the central theme of the kingdom of God. The new academic year begins August 11. Apply by July 11 to begin your master's degree at Thirdmill Seminary!

Glad to contribute an article at the request of my friend Mitchell Moore on how humans change at richlydwelling.com - “reach for the apple!” 🍎 Thirdmill Seminary richlydwelling.com/todays-reading…

Those who study forests discovered that each tree is connected to an organic network of exchange. In like manner, those who have received the Spirit share its gifts, encouraging, grace-infusing one another with nutrients for growth and power for change. thirdmillseminary.edu/spirits-help-f…

The drama of discipleship is no quick “costume change.” Rather, it is a gradual transformation of character, energized by God’s Spirit, as understudies of Christ take off habits of their old way of life and form new habits for their roles in a new creation.

Join us on September 12-13 for our Fall Bible Conference with Dr. Richard Pratt, the President of Thirdmill at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Sanford, Florida. For more info and to register, visit tinyurl.com/yy36u6ae

Join us on September 12-13 for our Fall Bible Conference with Dr. Richard Pratt, the President of Thirdmill at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Sanford, Florida. For more info and to register, visit tinyurl.com/yy36u6ae

Which political eschatology has captured your hope? “MAGA?” “Build back better?” Or something much bigger? ⁦Faithful Presence⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-…

Thankful for the EPC and for this conversation with Dean Weaver about intercultural discipleship. ⁦Thirdmill Seminary⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-…

For pastors and Bible teachers who are curious to find resources that open up avenues of communication with their communities, I believe you will find "The Sage and the Sermon: The Five Moods of Preaching" with Dr. Zack Eswine helpful. youtu.be/hSsD98y2toQ?si…

“Theology is a cross-cultural team game with global players. And the referee is no longer the Western academy, but the Scriptures themselves.” ~ Chris Wright

Just as the Word about God’s love for the world was made flesh and dwelt among us (Jn 1:14), so too those who abide in His Word are an embodied message of God’s love to each other, their neighbors, the immigrant, the dispossessed, the sick, the elderly, the widow and the orphan.

The Alliance is producing some excellent resources. Derek Radney interviews Dr. Sean Lucas who wrote For A Continuing Church-The Roots of the PCA. Essential viewing/reading The Founding Vision of the PCA: Derek Radney and Sean Michael Lucas youtu.be/mHrRbj6BSKM?si… via YouTube

“Jesus Christ—in his person, his life, and his mission—is both the embodiment of God’s home among mortals and the promise of its full realization.” Miroslav Volf MatthewCroasmun This advent we sing with Mary in hope of his arrival (see Luke 1:46-55).

Unto us a child is born; Unto us a son is given; And the government shall be upon his shoulder, And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end…

Jesus led a small, moveable school of students (disciples) who listened to his short stories about God’s kingdom in houses around tables and to his occasional sermons on hillsides or in synagogues. He demonstrated the mercy and justice of which he spoke by touching and healing...

VanHoozer always stimulates good reading practices. I stay up to date on Luke-Acts. My book, El Drama, appeared in Spanish! I revisited Job with Bill Brown and a new book of images & poetry. In higher ed, I looked back with Wolterstorff, and forward with Kahn, Volf and Hensen.

This makes sense because of God’s character as the missionary God, but also from the human side of the covenantal shape of reality—namely, new questions are raised in/by new contexts as the Gospel crosses generations and geographies.