Uncategorized – Habitually Being: thoughts worth living.

“More than we thought we wanted”

5 Aug 201813 Aug 2018

What we want is not what always what God gives. That is good news. A sermon delivered at 7th & James Baptist Church. Waco, TX. “More than we thought we…

Half the Church: A review of Tara Beth Leach’s “Emboldened:A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry” (IVP Press, 2017).

6 Apr 20186 Apr 2018

This is not a book about how to interpret the passages used to prevent women from seeking ordination. If you're looking for a theological / scriptural argument, the best free…

“Compelled to proclaim freely” – 1 Corinthians 9

4 Feb 201829 May 2018

Audio recording of sermon available on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-balmer/feb042018_sermon_jonathanbalmer “Compelled to proclaim freely” ♦ 5th Sunday After Epiphany ♦ 2.4.18 ♦ 7th & James Baptist Church ♦ Jonathan Balmer 1…

“So Abraham Went” -Genesis 12. Sermon on All Saints Day Eve 2017/ 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation

31 Oct 201729 May 2018

Truett seminary hosted a preaching conference. All the sermons were to find their basis in Genesis. I preached earlier today, which happens to be Halloween (All Saints Day Eve), and…

Where does Truett seminary stand Theologically? A description by Dean Todd Still

25 Aug 201725 Aug 2017

The entire opening convocation was a wonderful way to begin my second year of seminary. We all gathered together as a seminary, faculty and students, new and old, worshipped…

MLK day, Two Views review on “Words about God,” and more.

16 Jan 201716 Jan 2017

Happy MLK, Jr. day. I hope we can spend the day wrestling with and furthering the as-of-yet-unrealized dream Martin Luther King, Jr. shared. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" should be required reading for…

The Rev. Mrs. Fleming Rutledge on Justification

19 Dec 201629 May 2018

"God is using you in spite of yourself. We aren't responsible for making progress. Whatever progress is made will be the gift of God. Jesus said, "Fear not, little flock.…

Stephen Speers and I explore Jungwon (Fulbright: 1 Year Since)

13 Jul 201613 Jul 2016

For those of you who have been following my blog, you know that there is not much to follow. In short, this grant year, I have done horribly at documenting…

Visiting Gwangju: Mid-term school observation trip report.

1 May 20161 May 2016

My principal gave me mid-terms off to travel to Gwangju, under the condition that I write a report and take pictures about what I saw. So, I thought, let's kill…

What have I been doing?

14 Feb 201614 Feb 2016

Things went dark around here after week 3.5 in orientation. Turns out Fulbright Korea Orientation gets pretty busy. Perhaps, around April, I will post about that. Just in time for…