Category Archives: Scripture

The Vanishing Pulpit and the Soon Coming Word

Posted on April 20, 2026 by Rick Wadholm

While not every Christian tradition has given up a visible pulpit in their sanctuary, many in the low church evangelical tradition/s have. This is not inherently wrong. There’s nothing inherently better about the addition of a pulpit within Christian worship … Continue reading →

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Changing Media Living Message

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

I often hear complaints (and have offered my own) about movies not being like the book and just how much better the book was by comparison. This may be true enough, but perhaps what we are latently getting at suggests … Continue reading →

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Jesus Led Israel Out of Egypt?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

In a phone conversation with a friend today, we were discussing grammatical-historical methods of interpretation and how the NT writers simply did not appear to observe this modern system for interpretation (which claims, in my opinion, an overly “scientific” approach … Continue reading →

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Kids and the Bible

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

Every morning (when I’m not already gone for a meeting or class) I read a small portion of Scripture to my children (from the NLT) and we each pray in turn before I send them off on the bus to … Continue reading →

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Forever Listening to the Spirit

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

I recently read something by Lesslie Newbigin (that great missionary statesman of the twentieth century) that struck a chord with me.  He wrote the following concerning the Jerusalem congregation’s recognition of the validity of the Gentile mission that Peter had … Continue reading →

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