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In a world of theological snap judgments, where doctrines are often wielded as weapons,Ā Measuring Twice, Cutting OnceĀ is a profound call to careful, humble, and courageous reflection. Jerome C. Crichton challenges the "sentries" of religious tradition, not with rebellion, but with a deeper faithfulness to the God revealed in Jesus Christ.
This groundbreaking work dares to re-measure long-held assumptions on some of the most pressing issues in modern faith: the problem of evil, the nature of sin, divorce, the Sabbath, women in ministry, and the church's response to queer identities. Crichton masterfully distinguishes between the organic, Spirit-led ekklesia and the man-made institutional church, arguing that true authority belongs to Christ alone.
Measuring Twice, Cutting OnceĀ is for anyone who has ever been marginalized for asking hard questions. It is an invitation to move beyond black and white certainty and into the complex, beautiful colors of a God whose thoughts are not our thoughts. This is not a book of easy answers, but a faithful guide for those who believe that good theology--done with prayer, study, and grace--is the path to liberation.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Foreword
- 1. Redemptive Immunization Theodicy
- 2. The Social Construction of Reality
- 3. Sin
- 4. The Radical Nature of Godās Love
- 5. Divine Love vs. Human, Socially Constructed Love
- 6. Rereading Divorce from the Big Picture
- 7. The Ineradicable Holiness of the Seventh-Day Sabbath
- 8. Is the Bible the Word of God?
- 9. A Theology and Philosophy of the Soul
- 10. A Biblical and Theological Critique of the Arbitrary Use of the Term āRemnantā
- 11. The Ekklesia vs. the Institutional Church
- 12. The Divine Image, Complementarity, and Women in Ministry
- 13. The Spiritual Gifts Fallacy
- 14. John 17:4ā5
- 15. The Hiddenness of God
- 16. Biblical and Theological Analysis of Tithing
- 17. A Biblical Theology Undercutting Assumptions about the āFormer and Latter Rainā in Joel and Acts
- 18. The Permanence of the Clean/Unclean Distinction
- 19. Kings, Queens, and the Gang That Won
- 20. Institutional Authority and the Queer Identified
- Postscript
- About the Author
- Bibliography