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Apocalyptic Asceticism – a Means to Resist
May 3rd
In this post, the nature of apocalypticsm in early Christianity is explored.
Marginalized groups are often apocalyptic;[1] they recognize that the present world is radically amiss and construct ways in which this can be fixed.[2] Often, there is a utopia that they look towards for a negation of the current woes.[3] Terms like apocalypticism, eschatology, protology, [...]
Do not Invert the Perversion
Apr 24th
No longer are there utopias in a postmodern society – the best we can hope for are heterotopias. [1] If we really buy into the idea of Heterotopias, then that needs to be reflected in our rhetoric. No longer can we speak of the one true way of doing things. Instead, we need to start talking [...]
So I can Love them Better – Relationship is the Best Apologetic
Apr 21st
My friend T’tocs is over in [not Brazil] ministering to college students. Here is a recent convo we had via text. I left the text-speak in there on purpose.
T’tocs : Nice. Don’t tell me abt tonight’s episode until i confirm i’ve seen it.Abt 2 go meet w 2 girls who want to show me the [...]
Good Friday? More like our Day of Mourning.
Apr 2nd
In class Wednesday, I mentioned that it is a bit odd that Christians call it “Good Friday,” when it is the day that marks the death of their God. A student, as he was leaving, made it a point to tell me that Jesus’ death was a god thing for it saved us from [...]
Best Noncanonical Early Christian Readings? (Help Wanted)
Mar 28th
I am in the middle of writing the first week of Christianity for my online Living Religions class. I want the students to have a sampling of extra-canonical Christian literature. I am like a kid in a candy story, bursting from one text to the next, and not able to make a decision. All them [...]
McKnight Reviews McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity
Mar 18th
I highly suggest heading over to Christianity Today and checking out Scot McKnight’s review of A New Kind of Christianity. It reads as a fair, but critical review[1] of McLaren’s work.
McKnight is critical of McLaren’s attempt to write a myth of Christianity’s Constantinian Fall and the creation of Theos. He does like, for the [...]
BW3 on Nooma
Mar 2nd
I know this is a year or so old and not many of you might care, but here is a link to BW3 appraising Rob Bell’s Nooma videos.
On the surface, some might be tempted to accuse Rob of serving up chicken soup for the soul, or pablum for the masses, or what passes for [...]
The Scope of Justification
Feb 26th
Wise words from Wright:
“Justification is more than simply the remitting and forgiving of sins, vital and wonderful though that is. It is the declaration that those who believe in Jesus are part of the resurrection-based single family of the one Creator God. Any preaching of justification that focuses solely, or even mainly, on Jesus’ death [...]
Forced Christological Allusions are a Good Thing!*
Jan 26th
A few days go I tweeted while reading a short story by Robert E. Howard, The Elephant Tower. (And, for those of you who think I am using short story as a euphemism for comic book,I am going back and reading the short stories upon which the Conan comics were based.) Here’s my tweet:
One day [...]
Thinking Out Loud
Jan 25th
One day Jesus shall enter the rear of our chaimber set his eyes upon sin and say, "Yara, awaken!" #
Context for Yara, Awaken :: http://bit.ly/7Jox1a #
I really wish "Legacy of the Spirits" was online somewhere! #
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Thinking Out Loud
Jan 23rd
New Post :: Of Wind, Jesus, and Control… oh and Natural Disasters too :: http://bit.ly/5Lfyut #
The Answer to the Problem of Evil is often Work. #
The PomoXian must heal the body & soul torn asunder by the Enlightenment Project and insert that person back into its social context. #
Every Xian theologian must read Grenz's A [...]
Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture:
Jan 21st
I am a pretty fierce egalitarian. I take my controlling verses from Genesis and Galatians. First is our base understanding of the female and the male: “So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”[1]
Second is our status in the Body of Christ, [...]
Thinking Out Loud
Jan 8th
Complementarianismists :: "We equal but different roles, honey. Oh, and your role is to submit to my will… promise I'll be nice…" #
Complementarianismists :: "We have equal but different roles, honey. Oh, and your role is to submit to my will… promise I'll be nice…" #
Plantation slaveholders: "Oh, and your role is to submit [...]
Readings from This Semester:
Dec 20th
Total Pages: 3834
Total Pages Read: 3047
Total Reading Percentage: 79%
I actually did most of my reading this semester. My TRP is hindered mostly by two source books which contain a great many more pages than were assigned. The only book that I really skimped on was Redeeming the Routines. I just did not have the time/gumption [...]
We serve the Kingdom, not the Republic
Dec 10th
In one of my classes, we were asked to write a letter to a congregation that was largely white and middle class concerning the influx of a large group of Hispanic immigrants in the community due to the opening of a meat packing plant. Here is my response; it is largely devoid of references to [...]
My Statement of Faith
Dec 4th
Section I – Preamble
We hold the below to be our best understanding of the reality of God, God’s relation to creation, actions within history, and our relation to both the rest of creation and to God. We draw upon the following for our formulations: the Spirit of God speaking through the Scriptures, the wisdom of [...]
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