At Solapanel Tony Payne has been stepping us through ten propositions that are being raised in a forthcoming book he is co-authoring. I’d though about commenting on the whole ten at once, but that would get a bit unwieldy. The fourth was posted today. So far we’ve been told that: 1. Our goal is to …

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her⋅me⋅neu⋅tics [hur-muh-noo-tiks, -nyoo-] –noun (used with a singular verb) 1. the science of interpretation, esp. of the Scriptures. 2. the branch of theology that deals with the principles of Biblical exegesis. Got to thinking about the way the Bible gets interpreted and taught today. There is a stream of interpretation and teaching that I’m calling …

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D.G Hart writes an article entitled: If Cooking Slowly and Growing Organically are In, Why Is Rural Ministry Out? on the website Front Porch Republic. Apparently the phenomenom where pastors find that God’s call is to the capital cities and away from the country is not unique to our nation. Nor is it confined to …

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