Reflections of an Undeconstructed Pentecostal
As with the word liberal, the word conservative has political, economic, and theological distinctions. I will limit my remarks to theological conservatism. The word conservative is defined as “a person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.” Conservative theologians are committed to maintaining fidelity to the historic Christian faith.
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In the current political and theological climate, to be designated a liberal by those of my tribe is to be assigned the mark of the beast. The term liberal itself is deemed to be synonymous with leftist, progressive, and even communist. In fact, there are important distinctions. For the sake of this reflection, I wish to limit my remarks to define theological liberalism.
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We are in the middle of campmeeting season and anticipating the general assembly. I’ve attended two camp meetings, and I’ve been reading several post in anticipation of debating the agenda. What do they all have in common? I’ve heard it over and over again. I believe what the Bible says! Really?
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With the United States Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, I’ve noticed that many pastors are already asking, “What about cases of incest? What about rape? What about…? These are important questions and we now have the opportunity to address serious and important questions as public moral theologians. That’s right pastor – in your preaching you are now required to become a public theologian in which you must offer a coherent explanation from the perspective of biblical exegesis and exposition, and theological reflection.
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All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16–17).
In a previous essay I wrote,
The Bible is the Divine/human Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, communicated through and to humans. Just as Jesus Christ is the incarnate, fully-divine/ fully-human Son of God who was tempted in all ways but remains sinless; likewise, the Bible is the inscripturated fully-divine/fully-human book of God that reveals the righteousness of God and the sinfulness of humanity with infallibility.
Let’s flesh this out a bit.
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A sermon delivered at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary chapel service on April 27, 2022. The Pentecostal middle way is not about moderation, or compromise. Rather, it’s about a radical faithfulness to covenant with God.
This post first appeared in the Bainbridge Post Searchlight (Bainbridge GA)
There are no words more significant in any human language than the words spoken by the angel on that first Easter morning. On Good Friday, it seemed that death had claimed one more victim. For fear of their own lives, those closest to Jesus went into hiding. It was just a matter of time before the Roman soldiers would come to arrest them, and possibly each of them would be nailed to a cross of their own. It seemed that with the death of Jesus on the cross, all the hopes of his followers were banished forever.
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