The following post is part of a series of learnings from reading Jaroslav Pelikan’s Five-volume The Christian Tradition: A Development of Doctrine. Growing up Baptist, I was of course taught the Bible from a Baptist perspective, learning doctrines like eternal security, priesthood of the believer, and congregational polity. Makes sense, right? Go to a Baptist […]
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The following post is a part of a series about learnings from reading Jaroslav Pelikan’s Five-volume The Christian Tradition: A Development of Doctrine. Over my sabbatical I attended a worship service at an Eastern Orthodox church. I generally knew what to expect. In addition to reading Volume 2 of Jaroslav Pelikan’s The Christian Tradition: The
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The following post is a part of a series about learnings from reading Jaroslav Pelikan’s Five-volume The Christian Tradition: A Development of Doctrine. In June the Southern Baptist Convention, which has a track record of swimming in controversy after controversy, cannonballed into one more debate at their last gathering when four messengers proposed an amendment
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