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Make Steel Men, Not Straw Men

Make Steel Men, Not Straw Men

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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Learning: A Church’s Style of Corporate Worship

The Value of Experiencing Corporate Worship from Another Tradition

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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Mégalo Metéoron Monastery in Greece, representing First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325AD.

The Importance of Creedal Christianity

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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