Category Archives: Theology

What I Learned Failing to Plant a Church

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Jeff Block

(Part 1 of ?) It’s been four years since my wife and I first felt the Lord calling us to plant a church. More than that, we believed God was giving us a vision for a different kind of church … Continue reading →

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Time-Tested Orthodoxy and the Early Ecumenical Councils

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Jeff Block

Theology is complex, because God Himself is complex. We cannot fully understand God’s nature because we are nothing like Him, and our attempts throughout history to “figure God out” keep coming back around to the same errors. Continue reading →

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Dogmatic Rank and the Quest for Christian Maturity

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Jeff Block

All theology is important, but not all theology is of the same importance. Words to live by! I’m not sure who originally said them in that exact form. But when I search on the phrase, two of the first three … Continue reading →

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Seeing Jesus Changes Everything: Word Pictures in Revelation’s Prologue

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Jeff Block

THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON IMAGES OF JESUS IN REVELATION 1:1-20 Submitted to Dr. Dana Harris in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course NT 6253 Interpreting Johannine Literature at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Introduction The last book of the Bible is “the … Continue reading →

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The Prophet Jonah and the Surprising Grace of God

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Jeff Block

I lead one of the medium-sized Community Groups at my church (Life Bridge Community Church). We are currently in a series working through the Old Testament book of Jonah, and I have been asked to make some of the materials … Continue reading →

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Paul, the Institution of Slavery, and the Cross-shaped Life

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Jeff Block

THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON SLAVERY IN THE PAULINE CORPUS Submitted to Dr. Joshua Jipp in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course NT 6252 Interpreting Paul and General Epistles at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Preface Whether as a paper or a blog post, … Continue reading →

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