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Sporadic thoughts of a Pentellectual. Seeking to examine and challenge our assumptions about faith and society in light of God's Word.
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(Mis)Translating with Passion (opens the original)
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I have, at several times in the past on Facebook, shared links to articles and videos dealing with the severe problems and errors with the so-called Passion Translation produced by Brian Simmons. I decided to create this article as a repository of links, simply so it is easy to point people to a central resource rather than having to search again for the articles and videos to share in another comment on another thread.Let me preface this by making it clear that I am not a cessationist, so this
Odds and (Week)ends — September 26, 2026 (opens the original)
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Recommendation RoundupThings that grabbed my attention and made me think. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="531" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BE2r!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med
The Doctrine of Election (Part 4) (opens the original)
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Theology Thursday is once again revisiting papers I wrote during my seminary studies at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. In this multi-part series, I will be publishing here my capstone seminar paper, submitted in April 2017, which received the Stanley M. Horton award in 2017. The full title of the paper as submitted was The Doctrine of Election: Corporate Calling of a People with Conditional Individual Participation in the Elect.This installment looks further at the language of elect
Who chose King Saul? (opens the original)
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One error I repeatedly run into—in podcasts, online articles, and discussions—is that people have a lack of knowledge of the biblical text when it comes to the first two kings of Israel: Saul and David.The common refrain goes, “Saul was the people’s choice for king, but David was God’s choice.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TL84!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages
Shipwreck (opens the original)
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This past Sunday I heard a message about the shipwreck during Paul’s journey to Rome, related by Luke in Acts chapter 27. The pastor was drawing analogies between the soldiers’ and crew’s choices that resulted in physical shipwreck and how one can end up shipwrecking one’s life or faith.<div cl
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