Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, alerts us to forthcoming group study trips to Italy and Turkey and goes on to elaborate on what “Roman exceptionalism” and the honor/shame character of first-century Rome had to do with Paul’s approach to nurturing the Christian faith there …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, delivers his perspectives on his experiences at the International Wholistic Missions Conference held last week in Phoenix at which he presented two sessions on discipling frameworks …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, picks up where we left off last week in the story from Luke 8, with Jesus and his disciples sailing through a demonic storm on Galilee headed for “the other side” and an encounter with a man possessed by a legion of demons …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, takes us on a journey southeast across the Sea of Galilee toward the Decapolis, forbidden territory for an observant Jew, and an encounter with demon possession (Luke 8:22) …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, previews his Reflections newsletter that will be distributed later today, explaining how Rome fundamentally altered Christian worship practices and determined their character for centuries to come …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, presents us with some of the social and political backstory of Passion Week — Tiberius, Pontius Pilate, the Parthians, the Sadducees and the Sanhedrin — and “where was that Upper Room really?” …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, offers a diagnosis of the widely reported ills (and, perhaps, the demise) of discipleship in the Western evangelical church …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, talks of the changes in ministry approach necessitated by the realization that the honor/shame aspects of the Gospel have been largely overlooked in Western evangelism to our own detriment …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times recounts his recent 2-week stay in Israel, referencing in particular a stop at the natural amphitheater where Jesus would have delivered the Sermon on the Mount …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, discusses the alternate world of honor-shame cultures and how it ought to inform our evangelistic efforts around the world while suggesting to us a more productive approach to crises and challenges in the Middle East …

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