The CPT is excited to announce a new partnership with Emmaus Seminary.
What Is a Doctor of Ecclesial Theology?
Cory Wilson introduces the new Doctor of Ecclesial Theology degree offering at Emmaus Theological Seminary in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
What's the Difference between a PhD, a DMin, and a ThD?
Paul Morrison explains the difference between the traditional degrees offered to those seeking to serve the church and makes the case for a more historical degree: the Doctor of Theology.
From Dwarves to Men: The Call of God to the Life of the Mind
“The intellectual call is never a call to intellect alone.” Tim Murray explores the place of the intellectual calling in the life of the church and the academy.
At the Advent Wreath on Christmas Eve
On Milky Preaching, and Some Reflections on the Center for Pastor Theologians
“If the pastorate is the primary theological office for the church, then the sermon is the primary theological event.” Joseph Lear reflects on the theological nature of preaching and why recovering a theological vision for the pulpit is at the heart of renewal for the church.
Introducing New CPT President Joel Lawrence
The CPT is pleased to announce that Dr. Joel has been named by the CPT Board of Directors as the second President of the Center For Pastor Theologians, effective October 2023.
A Return to Paganism? – Reconsidering Galatians
Galatians was written to a group of recently-converted pagans in Asia Minor under pressure to keep the Jewish law. They weren’t just being urged to show up at the synagogue on Saturdays or to revere Moses like the ‘Godfearers’ we read about in Acts. They were being urged to get circumcised – to express exclusive allegiance to the God of Israel. And yet Paul describes all this as going back to something with which they were already familiar.
The Book of Ruth: Hoping in God’s Loyal Love
The book of Ruth opens with devastation. Nothing goes well for Naomi’s family. Nothing! The story begins with famine in the land (1:1), which is difficult for those of us living in the extravagant surplus of America to relate to. We are distant from famine. But not so in the ancient world (nor in many parts of our world today!). With famine came starvation, plague, even war. Famine meant the loss of property, as families scrambled to sell everything they had for food. A common response to famine was even to sell your children into slavery just to keep them and you alive. How do you decide which kid to sell? Every day was a fight to stay alive and find food. For Naomi’s family, they flee to Moab to escape famine and stay alive.
Christ Alone the Locus of Our Hope
The insincere smile on her face couldn’t conceal the hurt in her eyes. She sat across from my in my office, recounting the details of her recent discovery. Her husband of over 30 years had been living a lie, building a family in another town, and had concealed his adultery for over three years. What was she to do? And how could she have any hope in that moment?
