Author Archives: Dean G. Blevins

About Dean G. Blevins

Dr. Dean G. Blevins currently serves as Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Discipleship at Nazarene Theological Seminary as well as Director of Nurturing Care with Children through Worship and Prayer. An ordained elder, Dean has ministered in diverse settings and currently also serves at the USA Regional Education Coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene. A prolific author, Dr. Blevins recently co-wrote the textbook Discovering Discipleship and edits Didache: Faithful Teaching, a journal for Wesleyan Education.

Global Theology Opening Day

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Dean G. Blevins

We launched into our global theology conference today to the praise of the NTC Muldersdrift student-led worship. The opening devotions included prayers and scripture reading from some of the emerging scholars in our midst. The scriptures and prayers were read … Continue reading →

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South Africa and Apartheid

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Dean G. Blevins

How does one deal with the failures within one’s own history? Scripture often recounts stories of human unfaithfulness, perhaps as often as it celebrates obedience to God’s faithfulness. What about our own history? As a part of a meeting with … Continue reading →

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Global Theology Conference

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Dean G. Blevins

For the next few days I will be attending an important gathering of global theologians around the theme “Issues in Ecclesiology” I will be busy with the conference but hope to post some observations. To begin you can find the … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of Stewardship and the Entrepreneurial Economy

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Dean G. Blevins

Every once in a while you realize that blogging is an imperfect process for academics. Tonight was a great example. Normally, at the end of a conference, the brain is saturated by information overload and you are ready to “coast” … Continue reading →

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Pastoral Pathways

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Dean G. Blevins

Day two of the Oikonomia Network retreat. Today’s focus revolves around the pastoral pathways that seek to express the emphasis on faith, work, economics. Kern acknowledges that the dissemination of this vision requires a collaboration between seminaries and local congregational … Continue reading →

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Gospel Entrepreneurship

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Dean G. Blevins

This evening’s series of presentations revolved around the theme of entrepreneurship. Greg Forster opened the presentation using Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton’s argument that the greatest challenge facing the country is job creation.

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What is the purpose of business from God’s perspective?

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Dean G. Blevins

Jeff Van Duzer, provost at Seattle Pacific University, turned the discussion this morning to the nature of business, it purpose, its limits and the obstacles within it. He began with a key question:  What is the purpose of business from … Continue reading →

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