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What’s the Evangelical Covenant Church? “Missional Pietists”

July 1, 2014

So what’s this small but fast-growing denomination called the Evangelical Covenant Church? When I asked Facebook friends from the Covenant to suggest a sentence or two, I received several suggestions. I won’t repeat them all, but two common themes emerged. Most everyone appealed to figures or slogans from European history, and they described the Covenant as a group of people, … More What’s the Evangelical Covenant Church? “Missional Pietists”

That Was The Week That Was

June 28, 2014

A week that began with me celebrating my third anniversary blogging as The Pietist Schoolman ends with just a quick links wrap today, as I’m in the middle of attending the annual meeting of the Covenant Church. Next week I’ll come back to my question about that denomination… What's the @Cov_Church? "Missional Pietism," says @ECCprez … More That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was

May 17, 2014

Here… • Jared and biblical scholar D. Brent Sandy dug into what “The Lost World of Scripture” has to teach evangelicals about hermeneutics and inerrancy. • A good week for people who treasure the history of Swedish-American Pietist denominations: the archives of the Baptist General Conference won an award, and those interested in the history of … More That Was The Week That Was

Walton & Sandy, The Lost World of Scripture

Inerrancy and the “Lost World of Scripture”: An Interview with D. Brent Sandy

May 16, 2014

For fundamentalist-leaning evangelicals, biblical inerrancy carries a ton of freight. It remains something of a shibboleth that 1) Provides a litmus test of orthodoxy, 2) verifies that one actually takes the Bible at face value, and 3) leads one to appropriate positions on issues ranging from origins to eschatology. With so much riding on this one … More Inerrancy and the “Lost World of Scripture”: An Interview with D. Brent Sandy

That Was The Week That Was

May 10, 2014

Here… • While her talk at Bethel last week was about faith and science, I’ll happily credit journalist Krista Tippett with inspiring two posts about the practice of history: first, what do historians mean when they ask “Why?”; and second, how is history a “ministry of listening“? • Thanks to Paul Putz for teaching us about the … More That Was The Week That Was

Christian Matchmaking: Past and Present

May 8, 2014

For a while earlier this year, whenever I signed out of my Facebook account, I would see a full-screen ad for a Christian dating service. Now, this was troubling if only because my Facebook relationship status is very clearly Married; I hate to think what Facebook thinks it’s learned about me that makes me a good target for … More Christian Matchmaking: Past and Present

Spring Cleaning: Some Great Links I Forgot to Share

May 7, 2014

I’ve got a folder on Chrome where I keep bookmarks for posts and articles that I either plan to blog about myself or at least pass along via my Saturday That Was The Week That Was posts. But every month at least one link seems to slip through the cracks and sits there, gathering virtual dust… So in … More Spring Cleaning: Some Great Links I Forgot to Share

That Was The Week That Was

April 26, 2014

Here… • Jared had a great conversation with Warren Throckmorton about David Barton and the role of scholars within evangelicalism. • Can’t wait for our new book on Pietism and Christian higher education to come out? Enjoy it in word cloud form! • If younger Americans are becoming less religious, does that mean that they’re … More That Was The Week That Was

Throckmorton & Coulter, Getting Jefferson Right

Should Christian Scholars be Watchdogs? An Interview with David Barton Critic Warren Throckmorton

April 25, 2014

Attention to David Barton’s treatment of Thomas Jefferson has died down since the controversy that led to Thomas Nelson rescinding their endorsement of The Jefferson Lies back in 2012. But Barton remains active and his popularity among the evangelical right’s rank and file has rebounded. Barton’s continued popularity, it seems to me, raises several issues … More Should Christian Scholars be Watchdogs? An Interview with David Barton Critic Warren Throckmorton

“That They May Be One”: Evangelical Unity after World Vision

April 17, 2014

Ten minutes after I pressed “Publish” on Monday’s post about my struggle to find a way to blog well about the World Vision controversy, I found myself lecturing on the Catholic Reformation and Wars of Religion in Bethel’s Christianity and Western Culture class. While the fracturing of the Church into tens of thousands of denominations didn’t start or … More “That They May Be One”: Evangelical Unity after World Vision

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What’s the Evangelical Covenant Church? “Missional Pietists”

That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was

Inerrancy and the “Lost World of Scripture”: An Interview with D. Brent Sandy

That Was The Week That Was

Christian Matchmaking: Past and Present

Spring Cleaning: Some Great Links I Forgot to Share

That Was The Week That Was

Should Christian Scholars be Watchdogs? An Interview with David Barton Critic Warren Throckmorton

“That They May Be One”: Evangelical Unity after World Vision