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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. It seldom happens that theological statements make the news in a secular country such as the Netherlands. However, in the first week of 2019 this is what happened. The Dutch translation of the Nashville Statement set off a metaphorical bomb — the...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. At Union University, we seek to establish all aspects of life and learning on the Word of God. This is who we are, it is who we have been, it is who we are committed to be in the future. Generations of...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. First Corinthians 15:58 states, “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” This verse comes just after a discussion of the victory we have...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. When I first started to read the Bible, twenty-five years ago, I had a deep fear of it and of God’s people. I knew the Bible could change me. I was a lesbian feminist activist professor and I was not interested in...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. I can still remember the day when I first saw the Nashville Statement. It was at the end of August in 2017. After reading it for the first time, I thought: this statement pretty much addresses the questions we are currently discussing...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. Confessional statements are essential instruments of accountability for every ministry committed to biblical and theological faithfulness. From the first seven ecumenical councils to more recent doctrinal formulations like the Nashville Statement, such documents provide necessary clarity and accountability for God’s people. Yet,...
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