Category: theology
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a week of evangelical covenant church theology
Today begins an interesting stage in my vocational journey. Pastors who serve churches in the Evangelical Covenant Church but who haven’t graduated from the denomination’s seminary, North Park Seminary, are required to take a few classes. These classes cover the ECC’s history, theology and the like. My theology class takes place within the denomination’s Midwinter Conference…
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christian imagination: a bibliography
Thanks to those of you who left comments on my recent post, a book i’d like to read: christian imagination. Susan recommended three different books on this subject: Orthodoxy, Mind of the Maker, and My Name is Asher Lev. Of these I’ve only read Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton, though I’ve read two other novels by…
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a book i’d like to read: christian imagination
I’d like someone to write a book about Christian imagination. If it’s not too much to ask, I’d like the author to cover the following themes. The historical role of imagination in Christian spiritual formation. How did the early church view the imagination? Lamin Sanneh’s latest book, Disciples of all Nations, makes me wonder about…
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urban exile: will compassion survive this season?
Leadership Journal published my monthly article in their newsletter this month which meant that only an excerpt appeared on the Out of Ur blog. Hopefully enough time has passed for me to legitimately post the article in its entirety here. Urban Exile: Will Compassion Survive This Season? This Christmas the failing economy will test our…
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proposition 8: a christian response?
While walking around downtown Sacramento with my parents last weekend we observed a large group of people protesting the recent passage of Proposition 8. In a nutshell, prop 8 amended the California constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, thereby reversing an earlier supreme court decision to allow same-sex…
David W. Swanson 