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SVS at VJN in October
The Steering Committee of the Vineyard Justice Network is excited to announce that this year’s VJN gathering at the Anaheim Vineyard in October will feature two SVS-sponsored workshops that bring together deep theological reflection and dialogue with the Justice and Mission of the Kingdom!! The Vineyard Justice Network Conference is October 14-16 at the Anaheim Vineyard. […]
Michael Frost’s Incarnational Challenge
If you promise to keep a secret, I’d like to share some embarrassing information with you. For my MDiv senior project, I chose to research and develop praxis toward the “emerging” church in a rural context. I read as much of the literature on all things emerging/emergent and spent countless hours developing a way for […]
SVS 2015 Survey: Help Out SVS and Win $50
Greetings from the Society of Vineyard Scholars! SVS 2015 Survey: Help Out SVS and Win $50 Last year’s SVS Survey was so helpful that we’ve decided to do it again! The Steering Committee would like to get to know a bit more about who you are and the ways that you think SVS could further foster […]
“The Relational-Orientation of Vineyard Ecclesiology: Depth and Frailty in Our Relational Practices,” by Steven Lawrence Hamilton
We are pleased to open the second session of the SVS Workshop! This time we have a paper from Steven Lawrence Hamilton that comes from a larger project he is working on. Steven spends much of his time working with the Vineyard Justice Network. In this paper he is exploring immediately relevant ecclesiological questions from […]
Hosea 3 commentary excerpt, by Beth Stovell
The first SVS Workshop has opened with a selection from Dr. Beth Stovell‘s upcoming commentary on the Minor Prophets. Check out the abstract below, and then sign in on the forum to read and interact with the paper!
Announcing: The SVS Workshop
“Theology is the work of the community seeking to understand the faith its members share.” — John R. Franke, The Character of Theology, 182. Are you working on a theologically-oriented project that would improve with constructive interaction and focused feedback from other folks in the Society of Vineyard Scholars? If you are, then read on! […]
Featured Discussions from the SVS Forum
You may have missed that the SVS forum, thanks to Jon Stovell, has moved! There are some really great conversations going on within the new forums that we’d love to get your participation on. Here are a few to check out: Discussion on Baptism – There are some great questions and lively interaction around the topic of […]
Save the Date: SVS 2015
We are thrilled to announce that the 2015 Society of Vineyard Scholars meeting will be April 16-18th (not the 23–25th as previously announced), hosted by Blue Route Vineyard, Media, PA. In the midst of a lovely walkable downtown with restaurants, coffeeshops, and parks, the conference site is five minutes drive from the conference hotel and fifteen minutes […]
“The Slavery of Death,” by Richard Beck
One of the delights of reading books from Richard Beck, professor of psychology at Abilene Christian University in Texas, is to partake in his winsome, synergistic, and multi-disciplinary aplomb he brings to his topics. This is not only true in his musings on his ever-thoughtful blog – Experimental Theology – and his previous books, which […]
“Both-And,” by Rich Nathan & Insoo Kim
In my estimation, Both-And provides a service to the Vineyard by showing (among other things) that a coherent world-and-life view of reality emerges faithfully when we do not tolerate the kind of false dichotomies that exist frequently in an Either/Or world.
“Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views,” ed. by Stanley E. Porter & Beth M. Stovell
Hermeneutics continues to be one of the central issues within Christian scholarship. Differing methodological commitments are often seen as influencing or even determining the way in which theologies are extracted from Scripture.
Something for Everyone: The Story of God Bible Commentary
John Wimber wrote: “The Bible is unlike any other book. It is a collection of incredible love letters from God, telling us about our relationship with him. Small wonder that we are called to be men and women of The Book, meditating on God’s Word and allowing it to transform our minds, hearts, souls, and […]
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