How do we organize people and spend our time in smaller communities? How do people of faith become faithful people? We see how different traditions inform how… Read more "Small Groups That Don’t Suck"

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We continue the discussion of whether a local pastor has the authority to be autonomous, or whether that should be the role of a broader denominational structure.… Read more "What is Pastoral Ministry Outside of Sunday Morning?"

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Do evangelical pastors have the discipline to engage in thoughtful liturgy apart from denominational guidance?  Do we need the structure or does the freedom of methodology allow… Read more "Who Tells the Pastor What To Do?"

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Will evangelical pastors just do whatever makes their church happy?  Or does the freedom of methodology allow pastors to better reach their context?  We explore the concepts… Read more "Shiny Happy People vs. Fitter Happier"

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Is the Bible intentionally silent on methodology, or does the Scripture give us clear patterns we follow?  We highlight some central differences between Reformed Theology and Anglicanism… Read more "Mission and Crystal Methodology"

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What does justification by faith alone have to do with how a church responds to failure?  If our moral acts have nothing to do with our standing… Read more "Pastors and Politicians With Their Pants Down"

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Back in style after a long hiatus, Smoking Issues lights up again for 2018.

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Smoking Issues is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://smokingissues.com/

Smoking Issues is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://smokingissues.com/

  In which we discuss this article which explores the effects of PSA theology on American Evangelicalism, the supposed dark consequences, and other ways of reading Atonement theology.… Read more "Smoking Issues EP.16 ‘Is Penal Substitutionary Atonement Theology Racist?’ Discussion"

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