Reading While Not Black
We needed an education in the firsthand experience and self-understanding of African Americans, who are the largest racial minority in our context.
By Doug Ponder
| January 30, 2023
Doug Ponder is professor of biblical studies at Grimké Seminary and is a teaching pastor at Remnant Church in Richmond, Va.
Thanksgiving as the Will of God for His People
The appropriate Christian response all that God has given—from his creation and salvation to his instruction and correction—is thankfulness.
By Doug Ponder
| November 28, 2022
Thanksgiving for Every Good and Perfect Gift
Gratitude is redeemed humanity’s fundamental response to God and that the Scriptures were written in large part to teach us how to give thanks to the Lord.
By Doug Ponder
| November 21, 2022
Thanksgiving and the God of All Grace
Gratitude is the unconscious echo of eternity set in the heart of man.
By Doug Ponder
| November 14, 2022
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Law
Of all the questions I receive, as both a pastor and a professor, few come up more frequently than what Christians should think about God’s law(s).
By Doug Ponder
| August 1, 2022
The Miseducation of the Pastor
If Google can pass your seminary’s quizzes or your denomination’s ordination exam, you are not training men to be pastors; you are training them to be machines.
By Doug Ponder
| May 30, 2022
It’s Time to Reconsider Theological Education
A growing gap exists between the kind of instruction seminaries tend to offer and the kind of training pastors actually require.
By Doug Ponder
| April 18, 2022