The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins is an official program of Multnomah Biblical Seminary and is dedicated to bearing witness to Christ in contemporary culture.
New Wine Makes Known. We seek to heighten the awareness of students and the communities they serve to the pressing concerns facing post-modern society.
New Wine Motivates. We go beyond merely informing by inviting people to respond, inspiring them to sense the need & take ownership in meeting the need.
New Wine Mobilizes. We offer suggestions for resolving problems and engaging issues.
Latest News
New Wine Newsletter: June 2009
Please enjoy the latest news from New Wine! In this issue, Kelsi Johns reflects on Richard Twiss and what we can learn about missions, Ben Malick reports on Art and community in Alberta, Rachel O’Brien describes her experience at the John M. Perkins Foundation in Mississippi, and Dr. Paul Metzger invites you to a special collapse-proof event. You can also find New Wine’s prayer requests and information about New Wine’s future events.
- OCCV In To Action: A Benefit-cial Evening of Art and Action for OCCV
- New Wine, New Wineskins Newsletter: May 2009
- Created to Create Follow-up
- Conference Workshops Updated!
Latest Posts
The Uncommon God and The Common Good (Recording)
Dr. Paul Louis Metzger addresses the concern of the collapsing evangelical church with the hope of an Uncommon God who gives up his life for the common good, and the church must follow in this Uncommon God’s footsteps.
The Uncommon God Panel Discussion (Recording)
A group of pastors and church community outreach leaders from the West suburbs of Portland reflect upon their churches’ struggle to bring the gospel of their Uncommon God to their communities for the common good. Listen here to this Panel Discussion.
Gethsemane
(A parable of sorts… I had a similar idea before reading any of Peter Rollins’ The Orthodox Heretic, but consider it a tribute anyway)
They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to [...]
Tyler Akers’ The Death of Americanity
I always find myself quite challenged by my good friend Tyler Akers’ site, and since New Wine’s next event will be about a collapse-proof Evangelical Church (June 15th), I was delighted to see Tyler posting some of his thoughts about Christianity in America.
In his post titled, The Death of Americanity, Tyler suggests that Christianity in [...]
New Wine Podcast: Interview with Milan Homola
An interview with Milan Homola executive director of Compassion Connect, an organization whose goal is to demonstrate the love of Christ through cultivating healthy communities.
Milan and I explore aspects of the New Wine, New Wineskins paradigm and how Compassion Connect is uniting local churches to serve their neighborhood at a most crucial time.