by Justin Marple | Nov 10, 2019 | General Teachings, TEACHING
Be appalled, O heavens, at this: be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares YHWH, for my people have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water (Jeremiah 2:12f, cf. Jeremiah 17:13) Jesus...
by Justin Marple | Nov 3, 2019 | General Teachings, TEACHING
A witness in the wilderness came to baptize with water; He was waiting and watching for the Spirit’s manifestation To come to rest upon the one and only Son of the Potter. “Behold, the Lamb of God,” were his words of revelation; After me, He was...
by Justin Marple | Nov 1, 2019 | General Teachings, TEACHING
Now I’m one of those Presbyterians who believe in women’s ordination, paedo-communion, and the framework view of Genesis 1:1-2:3 (on this view see my blog post here), and who serves as a minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). ...
by Justin Marple | May 3, 2016 | General Teachings, TEACHING
This was a paper submitted for “The Arts: Worship & MIssion” with Dr. Dan Siedell at Knox Theological Seminary in December 2015. I am purposefully not including pictures nor links to pictures that you might find relevant to the topic at hand but leave...
by Justin Marple | Sep 16, 2015 | Elements of Worship, General Teachings, Systematic Theology, TEACHING
Many of those on the official rolls of American churches believe, as Christian Smith and Melinda Denton have observed among Christian youth, that it is good to attend church like it is good to take your vitamins or eat your vegetables, but that going to church is...
by Justin Marple | May 16, 2014 | General Teachings, Systematic Theology, TEACHING
Dear Zack, Grace and Peace from our Lord Jesus Christ! I have never met you nor have I even read more than the one blog post you wrote to John Calvin.  Thus I offer this as a response limited to that post rather than to your whole person and teachings (nor will I...
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