The Bible is Not a Database
Not that long ago, I misplaced something at home. When normally I would begin trying to remember where last I…
Category: Theology (page 5)
Bible Translation as Political Power Move: Social Location and the ESV
I’m currently teaching a three-part seminar among the congregation I serve on biblical interpretation. This is my second time teaching…
Teaching the Book of Revelation
Since Easter, I’ve been reading and teaching on the book of Revelation during the teaching ministry of our Sunday worship gatherings. We decided…
Chemical & Idolatry: Reflections on a Jack Garratt Track and the Apocalypse of John
Because here’s something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such…
Evil and the God Who is Love: A Review of Thomas Jay Oord’s The Uncontrolling Love of God
When Blueprints Fail In 15 years of full-time Christian ministry, I had not presided over a funeral service until yesterday.…
SBL/AAR 2014: Theology Nerd Heaven
This past weekend, I spent four days in sunny San Diego at the annual conference of the Society of Biblical…
Calvinism Debate Featuring Brian Zahnd and Austin Fischer
Last Wednesday, Zondervan and the Sojourn Network (a New Calvinist church planting group) partnered to sponsor a debate on Calvinism…
God is Loving Savior, the Savingly Loved One, and Saving Love Itself: Reflections on Moltmann’s “Doxological Trinity”
Some Christians think God became a Savior only after the historical crucifixion of Messiah Jesus of Nazareth. For these Christians, God is…
Black Jesus
Heaven and the Bible are all the rage at the movies right now—as if Hollywood producers are just now realizing…