Some Theological Thoughts from 2018

13 Nov 2018

Some Theological Thoughts from 2018

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Charismatic, Culture, Ecclesiology, Embodiment, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Holy Spirit, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mission, Personal, Power, Theology, Vineyard | 1

From time to time I’m fortunate to be in spaces and places that I find simultaneously very enjoyably and utterly terrifying. Other times, I find myself at academic theological conferences, of various kinds, presenting papers. I’m keen to keep my … Continued

10 Oct 2018

World Mental Health Day 2018

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Embodiment, Identity, Jesus, Mental Health, Personal, Theology | 1

Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day. One day, I hope that ‘days’ like this will not be necessary. Because of my faith in Jesus, I have a sure and certain hope that that will one day be the case. … Continued

20 Sep 2018

DTLC: A Kingdom Theology of Suffering

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Disability, Embodiment, Eschatology, God the Father, Jesus, Job, Justice, Kingdom of God, Mental Health, Personal, Power, Prayer, Preaching, Theology, Vineyard, Worship | 2

As I alluded to in a recent blog post, my wife Amy and I recently hosted three ‘theology-themed’ evening services at our local Church, South West London Vineyard. This is the edited text of the talk we prepared together, and … Continued

4 Aug 2018

I am Not My Own

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 Corinthians, Being Human, Embodiment, Identity, Image of God, Personal | 0

For the past week my wife and I have been driving through Northern California – after spending a couple of nights in Las Vegas, and a week in a cabin with family in Tennessee. I always love visiting the USA … Continued

22 Jun 2018

Book Review: Glorious Union

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Identity, Jesus, Leadership, Love, Marriage, Personal, Prayer, Preaching | 1

The latest little book in the Hub series from 10ofThose and the FIEC that has floated across my field of vision is the intriguing Glorious Union: Flourishing in marriage and ministry, by Adrian and Celia Reynolds. Today I’m writing my fairly … Continued

12 Jun 2018

Two New SVS Papers

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Charismatic, Church Structure, Culture, Evangelicalism, Heresy, Kingdom of God, Personal, Theology, Vineyard | 0

This time next week (give or take the time difference, sorry!) I’ll have been sat through the first plenary and welcome and so-on for the 2018 gathering of the Society of Vineyard Scholars. I’m excited to have been invited to … Continued

1 Jun 2018

Doing Theology in the local Church

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Personal, Theology, Vineyard | 5

One of the great things about our local church is that my wife and I have been given the dangerous responsibility to do is to convene and coordinate an evening service focused on theology. Over three weeks (spread across three … Continued

24 Mar 2018

Reflections on an Ecumenical Afternoon

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Church History, Church Structure, Ecclesiology, Evangelicalism, Gospel, Personal, Theology, Titus, Unity | 0

It goes without saying that, as ever, this post in particular represents only my own view, and shouldn’t be taken as representative of anyone or institution I’ve ever been associated with. I am, as I’ve said before, also one who blogs … Continued

19 Mar 2018

Two New Papers

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Charismatic, Colossians, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Luke, Mission, Personal, Philippians, Preaching, Reading, Theology | 0

At the moment, my study/research/writing/praying/thinking about/pondering of theological themes is going rather well. In light of this, I’ve got two papers to present, within a fortnight of each other, in different places and on different themes that are important to … Continued

9 Mar 2018

What I Learn From: Introducing a new series

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Church Structure, Ecclesiology, Personal, Prayer, Sacraments, The Bible, Theology, Unity | 0

Over the various years I’ve been following Jesus, I have been immensely blessed/challenged/changed/empowered/frustrtated/equipped/developed/released by a wide range of places and people. Some of these are churches – places and people I’ve invested in, latterly with my wife – whilst others … Continued

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