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Reflections by Jacob J. Prahlow
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  • Conferencing and Blogging

    I do intend to return to active blogging soon. Really. Seriously. This semester has been quite busy so far, with our buying our first home along with my ‘normal’ duties of PhD coursework, research assistance, teaching Sunday School, leading a community group, managing Conciliar Post, and staying on top of all my other writings and…

  • Discerning Witnesses

    Discerning Witnesses: First and Second Century Textual Studies in Christian Authority, the M.A. thesis that I wrote while at Wake Forest University, has been uploaded to my Academia.edu page. If you’re interested in reading more about the use of sources of authority (written, oral, etc) by early Christians like Clement of Rome and Ignatius of…

  • Recommended Reading: September 26-October 2

    If you read one article this week, engage Getting History Right by Bradley Birzer. For those of you with additional reading time this fine fall day, check out the following selections below, gleaned from around the internet (and written over the course of the past two weeks, mea culpa). As always, if you think there…

  • I’m a Christian, But…

    As I dig out from under the pile of emails that have accumulated during our move, I have come across Lutheran Satire’s best production since Patrick. If you haven’t seen it yet, I encourage you to enjoy:

  • Today is the day…

    Today’s the day. Prayers are appreciated.

  • Recommended Reading: September 12-18

    If you read one article this week, engage the Conciliar Post Round Table: What Is Christianity? For those of you with additional reading time this weekend, check out the following selections, gathered from the four corners of the internet. As always, if you think there’s something else I should be reading, let me know in…

  • Recommended Reading: September 5-11

    If you read one article this week, engage 55 Theses on Pastors and Public Theologians by Kevin Vanhoozer. For those of you with more reading time this weekend, check out the following selections from around the internet. As always, if you think I should be reading something else, let me know in the comments section…

  • Remembering 9/11

    Fourteen years ago today, my dad and I were late leaving for school. It was a day like any other. I had even neglected some morning chore, so dad was already sitting in his truck listening to “J.T. in the Morning”, the local morning talk show in South Bend, IN. As I climbed into the…

  • Spirituality in American: Signs of the Times

    In “Spirituality in American: Signs of the Times,” Bill Leonard outlines the recent rise in American spirituality, especially the rise in eclectic forms of spiritual practice. Tracing the development of American religious pluralism and re-formation of the American religious terrain, Leonard details the postmodern practice of employing multiple forms of spiritual tradition within an individual’s…

  • Questions about Getting Saved in America

    In “Getting Saved in America: Conversion Event in a Pluralistic Culture,” Bill Leonard outlines the history of the salvation conversion experience in the American context, more specifically the history of the eastern “evangelical protestant”[1] conversion experience. Tracing the event from its Puritan beginnings in the New World to its current usage among American church people,…