by Steve Thomason | Sep 2, 2013 | Books - Trinity, The Trinity
Volf, Miroslav. After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity Sacra Doctrina. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1998. The Author Professor Volf is the founding Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. His books include Allah: A Christian...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 2, 2013 | Books - Missional Church, The Missional Church
Engelsviken, T. “Missio Dei: The Understanding and Misunderstanding of a Theological Concept in European Churches and Missiology.” International Review of Mission 92, no. 367 (2003): 481-497. Missio Dei- The Understanding and Misunderstanding – E....
by Steve Thomason | Aug 31, 2013 | Books - Trinity, The Trinity
Jenson, Robert W. Systematic Theology. Vol. 1. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. The Author After two decades of teaching at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Jenson moved in 1988 to the religion department of St. Olaf College in Northfield,...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 30, 2013 | Lecture Notes, Theology
These are my class notes from the PhD seminar Congregational Leadership at Luther Seminary, taught by Dr. Craig Van Gelder in the Fall of 2011.
by Steve Thomason | Aug 29, 2013 | sermons2013
Text: Ephesians 4:1-16 Listen to the audio Two weeks ago I asked if you are a springer or an oozer. We looked at Ephesians 1 and saw how our vision of God’s promised and preferred future shapes our present attitude. Last week we looked at the past. Ephesians chapter 2...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 29, 2013 | Books - Trinity, The Trinity
Grenz, Stanley J. Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004. The Author While in the pastorate (1979-1981), Grenz taught courses both at the University of Winnipeg and at Winnipeg Theological Seminary (now...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 25, 2013 | Books - Suburban Studies, Spiritual Formation
Death by Suburb by David Goetz The Author David Goetz is president of CZ Marketing, a creative strategy agency that repositions organizations for new growth. Dave is also the founder of www.RealityRN.com, a social media community for new nurses. Dave is the author of...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 24, 2013 | Books - Missional Church, Spiritual Formation
Scharen, Christian Batalden. Faith as a Way of Life: A Vision for Pastoral Leadership. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008. The Author Christian Scharen is assistant professor at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN., His main research and teaching interests...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 23, 2013 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, The Missional Church
Sanneh, Lamin O. Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture. 2nd ed. American Society of Missiology Series.Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2009. The Author Lamin Sanneh is the D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity at Yale...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 22, 2013 | Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church, The Trinity
I am currently reading Translating the Message by Lamin Sanneh. His thesis is that translation is the process of entering the vernacular and allowing the Gospel to find its own voice within the host culture. It is a helpful revisioning of the standard polemic against...
