Greetings and welcome to our next edition of Didache: Faithful Teaching Vol. 7:2. (January 2008) This edition offers an interesting array of articles addressing intersections between Wesleyan education and various contexts of ecclesial ministry in contemporary culture. The edition opens with a detailed and very interesting treatise by L. Bryan Williams concerning academic freedom and ecclesial oversight, an issue facing many of our institutions particularly in USA and Canada. Following this work we are treated to two different articles providing biblical and theological insight on the nature of Wesleyan education. Andrey Khobnya, a graduate of Nazarene Theological Seminary, offers a detail treatment based on his Master of Arts thesis reviewing theological and pedagogical aspects of Proverbs chapters one through nine. Tom Noble also offers an introduction to John Wesley originally drafted as a resource for conversations with persons within the Reformed tradition. Ramón Sierra expands this theological dialog by raising issues about the nature of the term “evangelical,” particularly in Latin American contexts.

See the link below to read the remainder of the editor's introduction.

Introduction

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INTRODUCTION: Dean G. Blevins, Editor Didache

Articles this edition

ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN CHURCH-RELATED ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: THE MANAGEMENT OF TENSION by L. Bryan Williams

FORMATION AND EDUCATION IN PROVERBS 1–9: THEOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES by Andrey Khobnya

JOHN WESLEY AS A THEOLOGIAN: AN INTRODUCTION by Thomas A. Noble

CHRISTIAN IDENTITY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN EVANGELICAL? by Ramón A. Sierra

A DISCUSSION OF POWER AS IT RELATES TO A LOCAL CHURCH CONTEXT by Ruth Reynard

THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF CURRICULUM THAT TRANSMITS NAZARENE CORE VALUES by John K. Bondy

BREAK IT DOWN!: ANALYZING SELF-IDENTITY IN MAINSTREAM HIP-HOP MUSIC AND FILM TO EMPOWER THE HIP-HOP GENERATION FOR CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP by Brandon Winstead

Links 

See the Regional Theology Conferences link to the right for a listing of articles and presentations from a number of regional theology and education conferences.