by Jeff | Aug 5, 2022 | Theological Issues
Recently Joe Rigney, president of Bethlehem Baptist Seminary, argued that infant baptism need not be an absolute bar for membership in a Baptist church. If Christians of various persuasions can get “together for the Gospel,” why can’t they get together in the church?...
by Jeff | Jul 28, 2022 | Ministerial Life
Last week, I wrote about the joys and challenges of small church, rural ministry. To be sure, these kinds of ministries come with a unique set of challenges. But they also come with many wonderful opportunities. I mentioned my first ministry among the Anishinaabe...
by Jeff | Jul 22, 2022 | Ministerial Life
Recently, I had the joy of ministering to a church in a community in southern Minnesota whose posted population was 1322. The village is on a secondary road that runs north to south and is located about forty miles from the third largest city in Minnesota—Rochester....
by Jeff | Jul 6, 2022 | Disability
They can be among the least visible people in the church. They may seem disengaged or disinterested. Their circumstances, though unseen, may be intensely demanding. They may have little time to serve and few resources to share. All their time and most of their...
by Jeff | Jun 24, 2022 | Theological Issues
This week, I finished proofreading an essay I read at the Evangelical Theological Society last November on the conflicted history of Baptists and freemasonry. It will soon be published in two slightly different forms, but if you are dying to read it, click on the link...
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