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On Pastors Who Doubt

February 10, 2019 by Randal

Some pastors doubt. For a surprisingly raw and candid exploration of this reality, see the film First Reformed. Pastors sometimes doubt their own salvation, or the goodness of God, or perhaps even God’s very existence. These doubts may be mild and fleeting or existentially gripping and persistent. And the longer they linger and the deeper they go, the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: doubt, faith, ministry

A Career in the Pulpit

March 17, 2016 by Randal

Have you ever been in church on Sunday morning when one of the pastoral staff made the announcement that they were being called to another church? If so, you probably are well aware that the “call” of which they speak is not merely a call from a hiring committee. Rather, it is a call from […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: calling, ministry, vocation

61. The Chaplains: Notes from the Frontlines

February 11, 2015 by Randal

Given that C. S. Lewis wrote one of the most influential theodicies of the twentieth century, The Problem of Pain, you might have thought he would’ve been uniquely prepared for the shock and grief of losing his beloved wife Joy to cancer. But you’d be wrong. Whatever the value of theodicies may be in the intellectual […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: chaplaincy, evil, interview, ministry, problem of evil, suffering

52. Women in Ministry

October 21, 2014 by Randal

In 1967 Katherine Switzer made history as the first woman ever to enter … and complete the Boston Marathon. In this iconic photo you can see race official Jock Semple (the bald man in the black blazer) attempting to pull Switzer’s numbers off and stop her from running. As I reflect on the role of women ministering […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: church, complementarianism, ecclesiology, egalitarianism, feminism, ministry, spiritual gifts, women

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