Skip to content
  • About
    • Explore AFTE
    • Board of Directors
    • News & Events
    • Contact AFTE
  • The John Wesley Fellowship
    • About the Fellowship
    • Directory of Fellows
    • Featured Fellows
    • Sample Publications by Fellows
    • Fellowship Podcasts
  • Opportunities
    • John Wesley Fellowship Application
    • International Teaching Teams and Collaborative Research Project
    • Collaborative Research Project Application
    • International Teaching Teams Application
  • Resources
    • Catalyst Publications
    • Catalyst Publications by Category
    • Photo Library
    • Videos
  • Kingdom Building
    • Give
    • Prayer
  • About
    • Explore AFTE
    • Board of Directors
    • News & Events
    • Contact AFTE
  • The John Wesley Fellowship
    • About the Fellowship
    • Directory of Fellows
    • Featured Fellows
    • Sample Publications by Fellows
    • Fellowship Podcasts
  • Opportunities
    • John Wesley Fellowship Application
    • International Teaching Teams and Collaborative Research Project
    • Collaborative Research Project Application
    • International Teaching Teams Application
  • Resources
    • Catalyst Publications
    • Catalyst Publications by Category
    • Photo Library
    • Videos
  • Kingdom Building
    • Give
    • Prayer
  • About
    • Explore AFTE
    • Board of Directors
    • News & Events
    • Contact AFTE
  • The John Wesley Fellowship
    • About the Fellowship
    • Directory of Fellows
    • Featured Fellows
    • Sample Publications by Fellows
    • Fellowship Podcasts
  • Opportunities
    • John Wesley Fellowship Application
    • International Teaching Teams and Collaborative Research Project
    • Collaborative Research Project Application
    • International Teaching Teams Application
  • Resources
    • Catalyst Publications
    • Catalyst Publications by Category
    • Photo Library
    • Videos
  • Kingdom Building
    • Give
    • Prayer
  • About
    • Explore AFTE
    • Board of Directors
    • News & Events
    • Contact AFTE
  • The John Wesley Fellowship
    • About the Fellowship
    • Directory of Fellows
    • Featured Fellows
    • Sample Publications by Fellows
    • Fellowship Podcasts
  • Opportunities
    • John Wesley Fellowship Application
    • International Teaching Teams and Collaborative Research Project
    • Collaborative Research Project Application
    • International Teaching Teams Application
  • Resources
    • Catalyst Publications
    • Catalyst Publications by Category
    • Photo Library
    • Videos
  • Kingdom Building
    • Give
    • Prayer
  • Homepage
  • >
  • Christianity and Culture

Category: Perspectives

The Church and the Depressing Speed of Change

In a restaurant in North Dakota, I found myself sitting across from a pastor I had met just hours earlier when I presented at his

Read More »
October 6, 2021 No Comments

Scripture, Ministry, and Moral Injury

When thinking about those who need ministry care within our congregations, it’s easy to overlook service members, veterans, and military families. They often appear composed,

Read More »
September 29, 2021 No Comments

Extended Christian Life and the Church

Question: “What does a prosthetic limb, a continuous glucose monitor, and a cell phone all have in common?” Answer: “They all extend human capacities beyond

Read More »
April 21, 2021 No Comments

Thinking Biblically about Diversity

Diversity is an intrinsically complex concept. It is not redundant, nor a case of circular reasoning, to say that there multiple ways to think about

Read More »
April 14, 2021 No Comments

Pistis (Faith) Conversations in New Testament Scholarship

Mark Twain once said, wryly, “Faith is believin’ what you know ain’t so.” Many Christians, including myself, would have much to disagree with in Twain’s

Read More »
April 7, 2021 No Comments

Embracing Evolution

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery story with one of my sons who was young at the time. As I was

Read More »
March 3, 2021 No Comments

What Are They Saying about the Study of the Gospels?

Over the past several years biblical scholarship has given vigorous attention to the character of our Gospels and to the most appropriate ways to read

Read More »
February 24, 2021 No Comments

The Hole in Our Training: An Open Letter of Appeal to All Seminarians (2)

The other day, I was reading a major Christian publication when I learned of yet another significant Christian leader embroiled in issues of sexual immorality.

Read More »
February 17, 2021 No Comments

Educational Insights for Seminarians

What does it mean when we say we have learned something? Why do we forget so much of the information we are taught in church?

Read More »
February 3, 2021 No Comments

The Power of the Apparent Powerless

Because my mother died at a relatively young age, my main link to her family came through my great aunt, Flossie Johnson. I became close

Read More »
December 9, 2020 No Comments
Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5

About AFTE

  • About Foundation
  • About The Fellowship
  • Board of Directors
  • Featured Fellows
  • Directory of Fellows

Publications

  • Publications by Fellows
  • Podcast
  • Recent Publications
  • News & Events

Participate

  • Give
  • Apply for Fellowship
  • Contact Us
Facebook Youtube
  • © 2020 A Foundation for Theological Education
  • Developed & Managed by Tiny Giant