Summer 2020

Volume 26, Number 3 · Four articles

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Theology
Calvin Meets Voltaire – An Interview with Jennifer Powell McNutt
Working interviews Jennifer McNutt about her book Calvin Meets Voltaire, which traces the Geneva clergy who held the Reformed line through the Enlightenment. The Geneva pastors offer a longer view for any congregational leader feeling outnumbered by the cultural moment.
Randal Working19 min read
Theology
A Theology of the Ordinary
Canlis returned to America after seventeen years abroad and was struck by how aggressively the culture sells 'best,' 'biggest,' 'greatest.' Reading Paul through Eugene Peterson, she argues for a theology of the ordinary that finds the work of God in walking-around life.
Julie Canlis11 min read
Discipleship
Is Theology Practical?
Three months into pastoral ministry, Nixon noticed that her seminary theology courses turned out to be more practical than the courses labeled 'practical theology.' This conference address asks why, and what congregations lose when academic theology gets quietly dismissed as impractical.
Sara Jane Nixon7 min read
Theology
On Reconciliation – Honoring the Work of Jesus Christ
Ephesians 2 says Christ has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, in the present perfect tense: it was done, and it remains done. Goodloe asks why the church so often acts as if the work were still pending, and what it means to live as those for whom reconciliation is already accomplished.
James C. Goodloe14 min read