Jonathan Dodson

Jonathan Dodson is a former window washer from East Texas, happy husband to Robie, and proud father of two children, Owen and Ellie. He is also the lead pastor of Austin City Life church and directional leader for PlantR, an Austin-based church planting network. Jonathan holds a B.A. in Anthropology and M.Div and Th.M degrees in Theology, and has published articles in various journals and webzines such as The Journal of Biblical Counseling, Boundless, Next Wave, and The Resurgence. He blogs at www.jonathandodson.org.

Gospel

Conversion and Contextualization

Re-examining our Expectations of Gospel Change

According to Andrew Walls, the word "conversion" has been used in two main ways throughout Christian history .^[^1] The first meaning of conversion denotes "an external act of religious change." This act reflects a movement towards Christian faith, individually or collectively. The other meaning of conversion refers to "critical internal religious change" within the Christian community. This meaning of conversion gets at what we might call “gospel change.”

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Gospel

Revisting Christ and Culture with D.A. Carson

A review of D.A. Carson's recent reexamination of Richard Niebuhr's seminal work.

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Church

Fight Club

In my busyness to defend or advance the faith, I have often struggled with losing my faith.

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