Christine D. Pohl

Christine D. Pohl is professor of Christian ethics at Asbury Theological Seminary. Her most recent book is Living into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us (Eerdmans).

Articles by Christine D. Pohl

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Recovering kindness

An urgent virtue in a ruthless world

Oct 18, 2012 by Christine D. Pohl

Kindness overlaps significantly with several of Paul's other "fruit of the spirit." What makes it a distinctive mark of the new creation?

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Our life together

Four practices of healthy congregations

Feb 22, 2012 by Christine D. Pohl

To build stronger communities, we need to get in the habit of recognizing what undergirds our relationships. We can't afford to take it for granted.

Living by the Word

Surprise encounter

John 1:43-51; 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)

Jan 10, 2006 by Christine D. Pohl

After meeting Jesus, an excited Philip seeks out Nathanael to tell him they have found the one “about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” But Nathanael’s response is not very promising. “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” he responds skeptically.

Living by the Word

Power and delight

Psalm 29; Mark 1:4-11

Jan 10, 2006 by Christine D. Pohl

In Psalm 29, the writer proclaims with majestic confidence that God is greater and stronger than every form of chaos, and by implication, than every idol through which we imagine we can control the manifestations of chaos. God is victorious over the wildness of water, storms and wind. Even mountains and trees appear unstable in the presence of God’s strength.

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