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Author Archives: Rick Wadholm
Hearing and Seeing the Apocalypse: A Sunday School Introduction
The following are my brief notes written as a Sunday School introduction for adults to the book of the Revelation that I taught May 13, 2018 at New Life Assembly of God in Ellendale, ND. What is “apocalypse”? It is … Continue reading
Posted in Revelation
Tagged Apocalypse, apocalyptic, hearing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John, seeing, seven
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Women in Ministry: The Spirit, Creation and Eschaton (with Podcast)
This post is borne out of a need to briefly share my view of women serving in ministry. I am an unabashed Egalitarian. I believe women (and men) can and must serve the Church (global and local) in any capacity … Continue reading
Posted in podcast, women, women in ministry
Tagged Acts, complementarian, Craig Keener, creation, egalitarian, Eschaton, Genesis, J. C. Thomas, Matthew, podcasts, Spirit
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Why Narrative Theology?
Within Protestantism (and more specifically Evangelicalism) there has been a tendency toward the abstractions of doctrinal confessions. Theology has most often tended toward bullet pointed statements of confession. While this has its place it fails to grapple with the revelation … Continue reading
Livin' Large and Makin' Babies: A Sermon
The following is a sermon I preached for chapel at Trinity Bible College & Graduate School on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. “But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is … Continue reading
The Fig Tree Withers: A Sermon
The following is a sermon I preached at Faith Assembly of God in Lisbon, ND on Sunday, March 25, 2018. “Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig … Continue reading
Posted in Matthew
Tagged Fig, fig tree, fruitfulness, healing, heart, Jesus, Sanctification, Sermon, wicked
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To Harmonize or Not: A Brief Answer
From time to time I receive random questions from people I don’t even know. One from yesterday went as follows: “Does Trinity Bible College hold the position that the four Gospels can or cannot be perfectly harmonized into one account?” … Continue reading
Sometimes It Causes Me to Tremble: Reflections on Mark 16.1-8
Following the lectionary, I preached the Gospel portion from Mark 16.1-8 this morning. This may not seem strange to others, but for a Pentecostal preacher to end before the well known long ending of Mark is tantamount to heresy (not … Continue reading
Posted in Mark
Tagged fear, Jesus, Mark long ending, Mark short ending, Resurrection, Sermon, Sometimes It Causes Me To Tremble, trembling
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On Earth As It Is In Heaven: A Brief Theological Reflection
“…on earth as it is in heaven…” While we might consider this from the trajectory of the revelation of the God to Israel preceding Jesus’ statement (which would be a fitting approach), we might also consider this statement as embodied in … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer
Tagged Christ Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Lord's Prayer, Theology
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Our God Has Wings: A Sermon
Psalm 61 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me … Continue reading
Posted in Ruth, Sermon
Tagged 1 Samuel, faithfulness, Lord, Matthew, miraculous healings, Numbers, Psalms, Wings
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Pentecostal Oral Liturgy
I’m taking a number of Trinity students to the annual meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (hosted in Cleveland, TN this year) in a few weeks. Every Thursday for the last several months we’ve met for about a half … Continue reading
Posted in Pentecostal
Tagged groans, Holy Spirit, Prayer, shooting, Society for Pentecostal Studies, Suffering, Theology, Trinity Bible College
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