Author Archives: Joe Ginder

Justo Gonzales, on The Changing Shape of Church History

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Joe Ginder

Justo Gonzales closes his book The Changing Shape of Church History: No longer can the church claim the religious hegemony it once had… Many Christians think that thIs means that the church is losing is power, and yearn with nostalgia … Continue reading →

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Quaker Meetings in John Woolman’s Time

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Joe Ginder

While perusing John Woolman, American Quaker, a biography of John Woolman by Janet Whitney published in 1942 that Fred Newkirk asked me to order for him, I ran across a description of what Quaker meeting for worship was in those … Continue reading →

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Dallas Willard, on his impending death

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Joe Ginder

Gary Moon wrote in his recent biography of Dallas Willard, Becoming Dallas Willard, about J.P. Moreland’s visit after it became clear Willard would not live for much longer. “Are you afraid of dying?” Willard smiled as he responded, “No, J. … Continue reading →

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Dallas Willard, asked why he follows Jesus

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Joe Ginder

Because I make my living as a university professor and philosopher I am frequently asked, in so many words, “Why do you follow Jesus Christ?” My answer is always the same: “Who else did you have in mind?” — Dallas … Continue reading →

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Ministry Motivation

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Joe Ginder

Ministry is too sacred to be motivated by gain and too difficult to be motivated by duty. Only love can sustain us. – Warren Wiersbe

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Resources on Origins and Christian Faith

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Joe Ginder

Do you know a student who is trying to work out how to reconcile the latest science on human origins with their Christian faith and biblical teaching? Allow me to recommend that you refer them to works by John Walton, … Continue reading →

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Unconditional Love or Unconditional Affirmation

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Joe Ginder

Unconditional affirmation and unconditional love are not the same thing. To demand the former is to actually exclude the latter. Sam Allberry

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antichrist church

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Joe Ginder

The cultivation of consumer spirituality is the antithesis of a sacrificial, “deny yourself” congregation. A consumer church is an antichrist church. Eugene Peterson

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Isaac Newton’s Great Ocean of Truth

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Joe Ginder

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a … Continue reading →

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Design Patterns in the Bible

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Joe Ginder

Tim Mackie of The Bible Project explains design patterns in the Bible in two episodes of the Bible Project podcast. You can listen to them here (part 1) and here (part 2). The idea of design patterns is quite familiar … Continue reading →

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