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I’m sitting in a hotel room right now. A pastor friend of mine is asleep in the bed next to mine. Cars are whizzing by outside my room. My eyelids are starting to get pretty heavy. It’s about 1:30 in the morning. For the last two days I’ve been traveling, with 13 other people, to [...]

I have come to have a love-hate relationship with theology. I love it because it can deepen one’s faith, helping people to rejoice more because they understand and know God better (Jer. 9:24). There is nothing more exciting than the look on peoples’ faces when they are being theologically transformed. It is the “wow, this is really [...]

(Lisa Robinson) A few mornings ago was one of the those mornings nobody likes.  Everything is going normal…until you turn the ignition key to get nothing in return but a ticking sound.  Ok, so I don’t know much about cars and had no idea what it could be.  I thought it wasn’t that long ago [...]

When I first became committed to the things of the Lord, I was a sponge. I took whatever anyone was giving so long as they said they loved Jesus. I bought whatever was sold as long as it had a cross on it. I remember my bookshelf when I was just beginning. It consisted of [...]

Have you always wanted to learn more about your faith? For whatever reason you haven’t been led to a traditional Seminary but you still want “meat and potatoes” training. Our 10-week School of Theology is designed just for you! Really, YOU can take a seminary class this Fall! It won’t kill your budget. You won’t [...]

My post this weekend about embracing doubt has stirred up quite a few people. The truth is that the post started and ended as an encouragement for us not to approach our studies with the intent of confirming our prejudice. In order for true learning to take place we have to be willing to change. [...]

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(by Lisa Robinson) I love Tim’s clip here asking the question can theology destroy our faith.  He honestly assesses, yes if it the information is not applied towards a genuine relationship with God.  Information should not be feared because any genuine relationship is built on having the information.  So theology is understanding about God and [...]

It is easy to think that good exegesis automatically makes good theology. I remember the “wars” that some of the theological profs had with the exegesis profs at seminary. One theology prof used to come into the library where I worked and we would have coffee together. He would complain that certain exegetical profs were not [...]

We’re so proud to be offering the next installment (volume 2) in our brand new Bible Boot Camp series: How to Study the Bible So many people believe the Bible is accurate, yet so few actually study it regularly.  Many times this is because the reader has never been given solid tools to study the [...]

I have been thinking through some issues related to Ecclesiology lately, which in part is prompted by the fact that one of my courses this semester is Sanctification and Ecclesiology (although we recently started discussions on the Ecclesiology portion).  Specifically, I have been pondering what the church’s responsibility is towards educating its people with respect [...]

Parchment & Pen bloggers, C Michael Patton and Tim Kimberley, are excited to announce our new DVD curriculum: Essentials of the Faith. This is the first volume from the new 4-volume Bible Boot Camp series. We’re ecstatic to be offering our brand new Bible Boot Camp: Essentials of the Faith study! Session #1 – Trinity: [...]