November 28, 2022
In response to a dear friend’s question about listening to the Spirit and discernment. I wish listening to the Spirit was a mechanical process that always had a clear outcome. Unfortunately, we human beings are the ones who still do the “listening,” and our listening is complicated by our own interests, biases, and fears. Just […]
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Pastoral Care, Spirituality, Theology | Tagged: Church, Community, Discernment, Holy Spirit, Sanctification |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 1, 2009
I have a vested interest in that question. Partly because I have a Ph.D. in Reformation and Post-Reformation historical theology, partly because I teach academic courses in historical theology, but mostly because I have found the study of historical theology illuminating, liberating and humbling. Illuminating in the same way that studying my own family of […]
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Church History | Tagged: Church History, Description, Discernment, Family of Origin, Historical Theology, Humility, Illumination |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks