Articles for tag: Tertullian

February 27, 2016

By Matt Johnson Everyday Theology, as its subtitle promises, tells us How to Read Cultural Texts andÂ Interpret Trends.Â How does your faith speak to human rights, pop music, or designer funerals? Is there any benefit to buying a ticket for the latest Hollywood blockbuster? When should we embrace the hurry of modern American culture, and when should we slow down? What does the proliferation of the blogosphere mean to our culture and the church? Complicated questions have complicated answers, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you something less than the gospel. So I appreciated Everyday Theology (Grand Rapids:

December 8, 2011

Christian Standard

Mission & Evangelism

Tunisia . . . An Unprecedented Opportunity for the Gospel

By Name Withheld A year ago, most Americans had never heard of the small African country of Tunisia. Global awareness changed in January, when a desperate young fruit vendor set himself on fire andÂ Tunisia became the first of a string of Arab nations to revolt against oppressive dictators. Now, in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution, Tunisians are recovering from the shock of the past, putting the pieces back together, and dreaming about their future. And Christian workers and believers in Tunisia are taking advantage of an unprecedented window of opportunity for the gospel. Christianity is intricately woven throughout Tunisian

June 28, 2009

Christian Standard

Restoration Movement History

That Old-Time Religion

Â By David A. Fiensy I grew up in southern Illinois where the appeal to the old-time religion was almost a weekly observance. It seems like we were always trying to get back to the “old Bible days” when they had church on Sunday nights, sang hymns composed by Fanny Crosby, and held revivals in tents. If some infraction occurred in the community (such as a public official being arrested in an illegal activity), we blamed it on modernism. What we needed, we protested, was to get back to that old-time religion. And, of course, we thought every Christian should

January 20, 2008

Robert F. Hull Jr.

Culture & Public Square Politics & Government

What About War?

Christian involvement in war: conscience, Scripture, and the tragic view of life A longtime question haunts the author: how Christians should think about war when Scripture, church history, and human suffering all pull in different directions. The article traces poetry, biblical warfare texts, the just war tradition, and personal experience toward a “tragic view of life” that resists easy answers. The author wrestles with the irony of war and the challenge of God’s participation in biblical conquest. Church history shows shifting Christian positions—from early opposition to later “just war” frameworks. Personal stakes come into view with the deployment of the

April 1, 2007

Robert F. Hull Jr.

Church Leadership Ministry Training & Education

Why Scholarship Matters in the Church

Why does scholarship matter to the church? Robert F. Hull Jr. argues that faithful scholarship supports Bible translation, global mission, congregational health, and training future leaders—showing why “Athens and Jerusalem” need each other.