Author: Daniel Tomberlin

BS, MDiv, DMin. Ordained bishop in the Church of God (Cleveland, TN); pastor for 37 years; Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministries at Pentecostal Theological Seminary (Cleveland TN).
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What Now? After the Defeat of Roe

With the United States Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, I’ve noticed that many pastors are already asking, “What about cases of incest? What about rape? What about…? These are important questions and we now have the opportunity to address serious and important questions as public moral theologians. That’s right pastor – in your preaching you are now required to become a public theologian in which you must offer a coherent explanation from the perspective of biblical exegesis and exposition, and theological reflection.

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The Corruption of Inspired Scripture

All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16–17).

In a previous essay I wrote,

The Bible is the Divine/human Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, communicated through and to humans. Just as Jesus Christ is the incarnate, fully-divine/ fully-human Son of God who was tempted in all ways but remains sinless; likewise, the Bible is the inscripturated fully-divine/fully-human book of God that reveals the righteousness of God and the sinfulness of humanity with infallibility.

Let’s flesh this out a bit.

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A Pentecostal Middle Way

A sermon delivered at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary chapel service on April 27, 2022. The Pentecostal middle way is not about moderation, or compromise. Rather, it’s about a radical faithfulness to covenant with God.

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He is Risen!

This post first appeared in the Bainbridge Post Searchlight (Bainbridge GA)

There are no words more significant in any human language than the words spoken by the angel on that first Easter morning. On Good Friday, it seemed that death had claimed one more victim. For fear of their own lives, those closest to Jesus went into hiding. It was just a matter of time before the Roman soldiers would come to arrest them, and possibly each of them would be nailed to a cross of their own. It seemed that with the death of Jesus on the cross, all the hopes of his followers were banished forever.

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Stomping on Jesus: A Holy Week Meditation

Originally posted on March 27, 2013.
Last night I read a news item about an “academic exercise” at Florida State University where students were encouraged to write the name “Jesus” in large letters on a piece of paper and then throw it to the floor and stomp on it. One student refused and the incident has provoked outraged. Frankly, I read the news article and thought the so-called academic exercise to be just another stupid act of religious bigotry and went to bed.

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Moving forward requires Remembering and Renewing

Before Joshua and the people of Israel could move forward into the Promised Land, they had to look back, they had to remember. They had to remember from where they came as slaves in Egypt and how God saved them (Deut. 5:15); remember the covenant God made with their fathers and mothers (Deut. 4:10); remember God’s provision in the wilderness (Deut. 8:2); and remember their rebellious ways (Deut. 9:7).

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Wind of Terror, Wind of Glory

A few years ago I received a call from my brother very early one Sunday morning. In a voice that sounded very distressed he said, “Dan, I need you.” I ask, “Tim, what’s wrong?” He explained to me that his eighteen year old daughter, Danielle, had been killed in an automobile crash. I immediately left Bainbridge for the three hour drive to Baxley to be with my brother. The night was very dark – no moon and no stars. It seemed as if the whole world had been overcome by the dense, dark night. When I arrived at Tim’s home we embraced and wept together. Then Tim asked, “Dan, why did God take my baby from me?”

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