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New Leaven is Officially Archived
New Leaven is now archived. New Leaven was birth in 2007 as a platform for conversations in theology, faith, culture, and biblical issues. Thanks for the conversations over the years. Thanks for the memories. I learned so much along the way. With the affections of Christ, I want to thank every visitor and contributor to this wonderful blog. May God richly bless on your Christian pilgrimage. As of…
Confronting the Center for Pastor Theologians
While I appreciate the vision of the Center for Pastor Theologians, I have become disillusioned with how they are messaging vision. If you take a look of their podcast guests and conversations, everyone has a PhD. The call for restoring the pastor theologian in the local church quite excites me. The local church is where spiritual formation ought to happen. This is what we find in…
Pastor, What are your Reading Habits?
Keep reading… Never stop… Invest in books… As you read, read often, read wide. I’ve made a discovery, the men I’ve come to admire because of their knowledge and expertise, whether dead or alive, have one thing in common – they are/were all great readers.
No Unhitching of the Old Testament from the New
While reading J.V. Word, Water, and Spirit: A Reformed Perspective on Baptism, I was reminded of Andy Stanley’s controversy in 2018. In 2018 popular pastor Andy Stanley made headlines in the evangelical world by saying that we need to unhitch the New Testament from the Old. I know–2018 seems to be a long time ago. But what Andy Stanley said is nothing new. Marcion, who lived about the years…
The Primary Role of the Pastor
Simply put, the primary role of the pastor is that of a pastor-theologian who is adequately prepared to feed the flock.
Should Pastors get PhDs?
The question before us is an interesting one. Recently I discovered the Pastor-Theologian podcast, which is produced by the Center for Pastor Theologians. I got really excited about the podcast. Then I noticed a trend. The trend I noticed is that most of the podcasts “Becoming a Pastor Theologian” interviews are PhDs. Now I’m all for pastors receiving biblical and theological training for the…
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Today's Baptism Had a Different Sense About It!
According to Scottish Presbyterian theologian Sinclair Ferguson, baptism is the rubric under which the whole of the Christian life should be lived. Ferguson arrived at this conclusion, after reflecting on Paul’s words on the subject in Romans 6:1ff. The Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) Question 167, How is our baptism to be improved by us? Answer, “The needful but much neglected duty of…
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Rethinking Everything: Baptism, Women in Church Leadership, Church Polity
Over the years, I’ve been on something of a biblical and theological pilgrimage. My faith is truly one seeking understanding. I tend to follow where my convictions lead. Recently, I’ve found myself rethinking what I believe about baptism, church polity, and women in church leadership. Baptism. Who are the proper subjects? What is the meaning of baptism? what is the proper mode? Women in Church…
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Ways to Invest in Your Marriage
HT: Craig Groeschel
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It's Time to Put down our Smartphones and Mingle
Before you dismiss this post, please take a moment to hear what I’m saying, especially if you have younger kids in your home. I have not political dog in the fight. I’m just a concerned human being and father. I believe it’s a biblical mandate to mingle with one another (Matthew 22:34-40). We need to protect our kids. Simple. Please put your political leanings aside, take a moment and view…
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Saturday of Easter Week
Heavenly Father, you have delivered us from the dominion ofsin and death, and brought us into the kingdom of your belovedSon: Grant that, as by his death he has called us to life, so by hislove he may raise us to eternal joys; who lives and reigns withyou, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.Amen. -2019 Book of Common Prayer
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Friday of Easter Week
Almighty Father, who gave your only Son to die for our sinsand to rise for our justification: Give us grace so to put away theleaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve youin purity of life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, wholives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, nowand for ever. Amen. -2019 Book of Common Prayer
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Thursday of Easter Week
Almighty God, you show those in error the light of your truthso that they may turn to the path of righteousness: Grant thatall who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Bodymay show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith;through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with youand the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. -2019 Book of Common Prayer
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Wednesday of Easter Week
O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciplesin the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that wemay behold him in the fullness of his redeeming work; who livesand reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,now and for ever. Amen. -2019 Book of Common Prayer
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Why I've given up my Quest for Certainty
Recently I was having a conversation with an Anglican priest. I told him that Anglicanism is too amorphous, without a clearly defined form. He knew I was Presbyterian; so he said, “Presbyterians have everything mapped out in their Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter Catechisms.” Since then I’ve been compelled to rethink my quest for certainty. The quest for certainty can become idolatry…
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Easter Reflection 2024: Sacraments in Light of the Resurrection
There is more to the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Table than what some of our local churches are offering. A few years ago, one church my family and I visited offered Holy Communion after the gathered worship service, off to the side. It was an addendum, not part of the liturgy of their gathered worship. What this addendum approach to the Lord’s Supper revealed was an impoverished view…
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A Holy Saturday Reflection 2024
Jesus of Nazareth has died. In his death is the dead of death. His dead body was taken down from the Roman cross, prepared for burial, and then laid in a tomb, which was sealed and guard, out of fear that his ragtag disciples would steal his body and fulfill a misguided notion of a resurrection. What happened on Holy Saturday has been debated since the early days of the Christian religion. In…
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