by David Phillips | Jun 1, 2011 | Lifestyle, Trinity, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Disciplines
This weekend my wife and I went out to dinner with a couple from our church. The wife noted that our last two worship gatherings felt more like a Friends Meeting than a Baptist worship service. Some in her family were Friends (Quakers) and she had been to several...
by David Phillips | Jun 1, 2011 | Trinity, Theology, Books
This small book by Darrell W. Johnson helps us understand the essence of the trinity – how the term came about, the preservation of the idea by the early church and the biblical texts that demonstrate not only the concept but the reality of the truth. The author...
by David Phillips | Apr 27, 2011 | Word, Formation, Trinity, Theology, Feature Articles
It hit me like a ton of bricks. I have read this passage many times, but this time it was there in front of God and everyone. It shook me to the core, so much in fact that I had to pause and ponder its implications. Going through the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3, Luke...
by David Phillips | Apr 25, 2011 | Trinity, Feature Articles, Missional, Miror
Almost two years ago (more like 18 months), I was having lunch with Dr. John Franke of Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, PA.‚ I posed to him a question concerning a situation I was having in my church.‚ He was kind enough to answer my question with a...
by David Phillips | Apr 5, 2011 | Theology, Gospel, Word, Books, Trinity
Dr. John Franke is the Lester and Kay Clemens Professor of Missional Theology at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. A couple of years ago, I had the privilege of having lunch with him just to talk about theology, faith, and the...
by David Phillips | Apr 5, 2011 | Science, Video, Trinity, Doctoral Studies
Tapping into the findings of his latest book, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences — insights with massive implications for...
