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A Fun Theological Exercise Revealing My Liberal Conservativim
Okay, give me your opinions on these things. First, I'll define the terms.Second, I'll give you my lists.Third, you respond with your own. Do you disagree with mine? What would you add?Dogma - Beliefs that are Essential … -
There's Too Much Wax on This Apple: Your Cheap Theology Just Won't Do
There’s too much wax on this apple. As if by loading it upwith a smooth, clear, relatively unnoticeable cover, we can pretend we'll not getbruised when falling off this tree – or being picked off more likely. But the… -
Hell Yes Or Hell No: Observations on an Over-Emphasized Biblical Doctrine
-Hell does not occur within the Pauline Corpus. In other words, Paul’s gospel is not proclaimed with the threatening backdrop of Hell looming over his hearers. It is the kindness of God that leads to repentance. The clos… -
On Isolation...
Mascara ran down my wife’s cheeks at lunch today as she mourned her feelings of being an “other” even within the community of faith. Her tears exceeded mine, but I grieve with her, knowing that feeling all too well. D… -
Gendered Language About An UnGendered God.
Try this on and let me know what you think...Premise 1: If God is a Spirit then 'He' is beyond sexual distinctions.Premise 2: If God is beyond sexual distinctions, then sexually distinctive language concerning God comes … -
Christian Discourse and Subverting the Rhetoric of the Empire
I would never notice certain things unless someone points them out first. Then, once brought to my attention, that thing dominates my faculties of observation, making me almost long for the naiveté I previously possessed… -
An Installment on the Interaction of Intercourse and Economics
One of the more disconcerting passages in all the Bible is the rape of Tamar, David’s daughter, by her half-brother Amnon (2 Samuel 13). As the narrative goes, Tamar is “loved” by her brother because he was tormented … -
Mary's Magnificat: A National Anthem of Terrorism
Over the last few weeks I’ve been studying Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). I’ve never paid much attention to this text – it’s just one of those passages churches sappily pull out once a year to reinforce our American s… -
The Golden Compass and Asinine Reactions
As with The Last Temptation of Christ, and the Da Vinci Code, Christians have taken up the picket signs against The Golden Compass. I have had several Facebook group invitations asking me to join up with them “against Th… -
God is Socially Awkward
Recently in my Pastoral Counseling class we talked about how when people break social norms other people don’t feel safe around them. No, not that they think the weird little, socially awkward guy is going to go postal o…
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Pre-Fall Patriarchy Revisited – An Examination of Genesis 1:26-28
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Fundamentalism and Modern Rationalism
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Top 10 (Non-Classic) Most Influential Books in My First 10 Years as a Christian
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