Provost & Senior VP @ Biola University

Joined March 2014
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Deborah Taylor retweeted
10 Jun 2023
My biggest regret in 53 years of ministry is that I didn’t do my own personal exegesis sooner on the 4 passages used to restrict women. Shame on me. I wasted those 4 yrs of Greek in college & seminary. When I finally did my proper “due diligence”, laying aside 50 years of
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Helpful: "I sometimes feel I’m in a daily struggle not to become a shallower version of myself. The first driver of shallowization is technology. … So I’m trying to take countermeasures. I flee to the arts." @iamfujimura @iamculturecare @ahc #lent tinyurl.com/vk94jfk2

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I appreciate the shout-out & pretty decent summary by @Philvischer of my Charismatic Revival Fury podcast series (w/ @BradleyOnishi / @StraightWhiteJC) in today’s @HolyPostPodcast episode. The link didn’t seem to make it into the show notes, so here it is: icjs.org/charismatic-revival…
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I highly recommended this thoughtful read: Love in the Time of Coronavirus by @ahc journal.praxislabs.org/love-…

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The moments when Christians provide the greatest witness to the world are when the very things that cause dissension and disagreement are handled in a way that is different—even attractive—to the world. missioalliance.org/when-go-h… via @missioalliance

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To care is to be present to those who suffer and to stay present--even when nothing can be done to change their situation. #YouAretheBeloved a.co/jc8jYHa
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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil... A life without lack is one that carries no fear of evil. Our confidence in God soars far above want and fears. #LifeWithoutLack
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We have answers, @TheCut
3 Jan 2019
We have questions thecut.io/2CMDCop
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A great reminder about the central importance of #gratitude: Why I Am Still Grateful, via @nytimes nytimes.com/2018/03/30/opini…

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“There is a final reason I think that Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies.’ It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals.” Martin Luther King, Jr. | #MLK | #MLKDay |
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Deborah Taylor retweeted
10 Dec 2017
Participants in a study ranked human interaction as a more significant expression of love than receiving material items, like presents. npr.org/sections/health-shot…

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In his countercultural care and protection of women, Boaz prefigured his greatest descendant, Jesus. thegspl.co/2ymKFCG

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Biola is ranked in the top tier of America’s best national universities in @usnews’ 2018 rankings! Read more: buff.ly/2w2USnB
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Deborah Taylor retweeted
12 Aug 2017
Cornel West leads clergy March to #LeePark #emancipationpark in peaceful protest of Alt Right rally #charlottesville
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Powerful reflection on Trump's election and #Charlottesville: Charlottesville and the Bigotocracy, via @nytimes nytimes.com/2017/08/12/opini…

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Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.
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"We sin by wanting too much from God. We also sin by wanting too little." —@JenPMichel, 'Teach Us to Want. #thoughtoftheday
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So proud of these leaders and friends: static.politico.com/ac/e4/b9…

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