James R. Wood
@jamesrwoodtheo
Associate Professor @RedeemerUniv | Teaching elder in the PCA | Civitas podcast @_Theopolis | Cohost @MereFidelity | Former associate editor @firstthingsmag
A 🧵 of resources in which I develop and apply “ecclesiocentric postliberalism”:
Putting these here in one 🧵 for future reference. If anyone wants to know what *I* promote with "ecclesiocentrism postliberalism," start here: 1) My most recent and most basic: comment.org/can-the-church…
one more chapter (out of 10) to go...
over the past 3 weeks I have written just a bit over half of my book on Augustine pray that I can finish the second half this month in order to put it down and focus on new course preps very much looking forward to getting this material out there, and hoping it serves others
The Church *as* Israel, and not it’s replacement, is a call to be ‘a tangible, transnational “ethnic” culture distinct from all surrounding cultures—a visible, distinct people among the peoples of the world, who will be peculiar in any context.’ @jamesrwoodtheo discusses Jason…
Reformed Christians have a rich tradition of spiritual formation. Resist the temptation to DIY spirituality by cherry-picking from other trads in an incoherent manner, or downplaying the role of the Word. My latest review for @WNGdotorg:
We have been told that “Paul is the apostle of progressive cosmopolitanism. But what if this narrative has it backward?” Read @jamesrwoodtheo in @firstthingsmag: firstthings.com/pauls-ethnic-g…
A defense of the Reformed tradition’s spiritual formation - Review of Matthew Bingham's _A Heart Aflame for God_ by @jamesrwoodtheo at @WNGdotorg
Male college grads are now just as likely to be unemployed as people who never went to college Same is not true for women, who are much more likely to land a job once they graduate college The data is just eye opening. We are leaving young men behind like never before
Very important and underappreciated book.
Once again, I say Mark Jones’s book on this subject should be required reading.
If you want some, here is an episode we recorded just this week. Link below
What ethical guidelines should pastors follow when using AI to develop sermons?
Imagine if Jesus thought this
What’s the benefit of marriage for a man?
just finished a chapter which included discussion of bishop Ambrose's public rebuke of emperor Theodosius spiritual authority should touch on real life, especially the destructive, sinful actions of highly public figures otherwise it is cowardly dereliction of duty
one reason this instance of social shaming of adultery (which in general would be a positive development in our culture) seems less pure is because a lot of the energy appears to be driven by schadenfreude ressentiment toward the wealthy (billionaire CEO) & hatred of HR-karens
constantly seeing that video of the couple caught at Coldplay concert is just sad sad thinking about how common cheating is and how many lives it affects