Rhyne Putman

Rhyne R. Putman is an associate professor of theology and culture at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he has served since 2010. He is the pastor of preaching and vision at First Baptist Church in Kenner, Louisiana, and has published multiple volumes and articles, such as The Method of Christian Theology and In Defense of Doctrine.

When Issues in the Church Divide Us

On this side of heaven, theological disagreement is part of life. The apostles who wrote the New Testament settled such disputes in the first century. Today, we have a clear word from God preserved in Scripture but no magisterium to settle our disagreements over how to interpret it.

The Role Emotions Play in Theological Diversity

Because human beings are complex creatures with reason, will and emotion, no reductionistic scheme that pigeonholes us as purely intuitive or purely rational beings...