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Posts by Michael Newnham

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Easter Lily— A Theological Review: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Easter Lily— A Theological Review Few bands in the modern era have sustained the kind of artistic and moral conversation that U2 has carried across decades. From their earliest work, there has been an...

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Has the Gospel Changed?: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Has the Gospel Changed? From the Nineteenth Century to Now The question is often put too bluntly, as though one could draw a straight line from the upheavals of the nineteenth century to the…

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Watch Your Language: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Watch Your Language We have arrived at a moment in which language is no longer governed by discipline but by appetite. Public speech, once shaped—however imperfectly—by a sense of occasion and…

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Speaking the Truth in a Time of Lies: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Speaking the Truth in a Time of Lies There are moments in history when the greatest moral crisis is not war itself, but the lies that accompany it. War has always produced deception.

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Faithfulness Within a Flawed Democracy: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Faithfulness Within a Flawed Democracy We are told, with increasing urgency, that we live in apocalyptic times. Every election is decisive. Every controversy is civilizational.

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Trying to Understand the Evangelical Mind: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Trying to Understand the Evangelical Mind The question of how so many American evangelicals justify support for agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—particularly after the tragedy...
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Heretic: A Wounded Word in a Wounded Church: Duane W. H. Arnold,PhD Heretic: A Wounded Word in a Wounded Church “From my perspective you have posted enough heresy on this site to now be confirmed a heretic.” “…full on heretic and blasphemer” Moderated comments from…
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Things I Think… I think we need to accept the possibility that Trump “wanting to get to heaven” may be a work of the Spirit and pray accordingly… 2. Ironically, if Trump truly converted and started behaving as a…

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How Deep That Darkness Is ““Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness.
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“Take out your Bibles and turn to Mark, chapter 16…”: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD “Take out your Bibles and turn to Mark, chapter 16…” Or The Creative Tension of Textual Criticism and Faithful Reading There are times, particularly for those of us who live in the long corridor…

This is so very good...learning how to read the Bible with the church through the ages...resolving the issue of the ending of the book of Mark. www.phoenixpreacher.com/take-out-you...

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The Wounded Body: Michael Ramsey and the Church: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD The Wounded Body: Michael Ramsey and the Church Michael Ramsey once said, “The glory of the Church is not in herself, but in her crucified Lord.” That single line, drawn from The Gospel and the…
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Christian Resistance in the Trump Era: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Christian Resistance in the Trump Era By Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD I have never believed that the Church is safe—not from compromise, not from collusion, not even from its own desire to be admired.
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The Perfect Christian Study Starter Kit Long time readers know that I get really excited when I find new resources to share with our community. I get excited because I really do believe that the more people who have a real and vital…
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Sheep, Goats, and Undocumented People ““But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people…
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Things I Think… More often than not these days, I find myself feeling stressed and melancholy irregardless of any personal circumstances. I’m not eating well or sleeping well…at times it seems as if darkness will be…

On moral injury...

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Robert Webber and the Shape of the Church to Come : Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Robert Webber and the Shape of the Church to Come By Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Robert Webber, for many years, taught Theology and Church History at Wheaton College. His evangelical credentials were…
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The Burning of Bread: A Christian Indictment The Burning of Bread: A Christian Indictment We have now reached the point where the State burns bread. Five hundred metric tons of emergency food—enough to feed 1.5 million children for a week—is not...
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Rowan Williams – A Mixed Legacy: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Rowan Williams – A Mixed Legacy There are few figures in contemporary Anglicanism who have evoked such deep admiration, quiet frustration, and, in some circles, genuine wonder as the former Archbishop...
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“What Would the Early Church Do?”: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD “What Would the Early Church Do?” Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD It was late in the afternoon—gray light slanting through the windows—when someone asked me in an email, “What would the early Church do if it…
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Taking His Name In Vain: KevinH You can arguably call this democracy at work, but don’t bring God into it. You can call this the majority will of the electorate, but don’t bring God into it. You can call this a triumph for the…
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“Welcoming The Stranger”: KevinH This past Sunday, my church sent off an immigrant family who had become very near and dear to our church family over the past year. The family is moving to another state to be with friends from their…

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Why Robert Alter Matters : Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD Why Robert Alter Matters There are figures in the world of biblical studies who slip past most people unnoticed—known mostly within the quiet halls of the academy or the narrow corridors of clergy.

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History Does Not Repeat… But It Rhymes: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD History Does Not Repeat… But It Rhymes Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD For those who have read my posts over the years, you will be aware that there is a question that haunts me more than I’d like to admit…
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Potters Field, Rozells , Back In “Ministry” I came across an interesting press release this morning from Him First Media puffing up Mike and Pam Rozell’s latest foray into “ministry”. Strangely enough it doesn’t mention the Rozell’s history…
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Nuking For Jesus Dispensationalism is the undergirding theology under American civil religion. For the sake of this discussion, lets define our term. Dispensationalism is a theological system in Christian thought that...

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Can We Talk About The Bible? Can We Talk About This? One of the biggest shocks in my faith journey was discovering that Christianity isn’t a monolith—that there are vastly different ways of thinking about and practicing the faith...
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How Do We Deal With Michael Tait?: KevinH “What if I stumble, what if I fall? What if I lose my step and make fools of us all?” These are poignant lyrics from DC Talk’s hit song, “What If I Stumble”, from its epic Jesus Freak album released…

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Whatever Happened to Spiritual Formation?: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD As we noted in last weeks “Linkathon” the latest survey on Christian beliefs shows a stunning lack of biblical and theological knowledge on the part of American Christians. In response…
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