I'm back after an absence of several years. I grew up in a large Pentecostal church in Canada for my first 21 years. Then after my undergraduate degree, I got my MDiv from Princeton and my doctorate at Harvard in New Testament and Judaism. I was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard in New Testament and Classics. Then I became a Theology professor for 12 years at a Catholic university. Then I became a United Methodist minister from 1994 -2015, when I retired.
I'm interested in posting anywhere here, but must confess I need clarification on some questions.
(1) My greatest interest is the biblical basis for spiritual experiences and the work of the Holy Spirit. But as an academic, my threads on the biblical grounding of this will be controversial. Given that, where should I post such threads?
(2) I tracked down "the Sign Gifts" through a mod post, but don't see it listed as a subforum in the main topic list. Where is it listed?
(3) Discussion of the sign gifts and the gifts of the Spirit in general can be controversial and thus invites debate. If I want to be polemical about Christian experiences, where might this best be posted?
(4) I will never knowingly start threads in the wrong section. Will mods relocate misplaced threads in the correct section or simply delete them?
(5) As a former evangelical professor at a Catholic university, I'm interested in the best of Catholic spirituality and experiences and in how informed Catholics ground their distinctive beliefs and practices in Scripture. Where should I post such threads?
(6) what topics would the mods rather not be brought up on this site?
I'm interested in posting anywhere here, but must confess I need clarification on some questions.
(1) My greatest interest is the biblical basis for spiritual experiences and the work of the Holy Spirit. But as an academic, my threads on the biblical grounding of this will be controversial. Given that, where should I post such threads?
(2) I tracked down "the Sign Gifts" through a mod post, but don't see it listed as a subforum in the main topic list. Where is it listed?
(3) Discussion of the sign gifts and the gifts of the Spirit in general can be controversial and thus invites debate. If I want to be polemical about Christian experiences, where might this best be posted?
(4) I will never knowingly start threads in the wrong section. Will mods relocate misplaced threads in the correct section or simply delete them?
(5) As a former evangelical professor at a Catholic university, I'm interested in the best of Catholic spirituality and experiences and in how informed Catholics ground their distinctive beliefs and practices in Scripture. Where should I post such threads?
(6) what topics would the mods rather not be brought up on this site?