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April 2012

April 24, 2012

Poetry vs Proverbs

Some scholars argue that wisdom literature is a different kind of revelation from, say, that...

April 23, 2012

Good questions reflect God much better then easy answers

I remember a conversation I had over a decade ago with a friend of mine...

April 23, 2012

Zombies, Snow White and Jesus

How is resurrection different? This is an excerpt from a lesson I did yesterday for...

April 17, 2012

Why Read The Psalms?

The Book of Psalms is probably the most read book in the Bible. I know...

April 16, 2012

Does the Arrangement of the Bible Affect What it Says?

If one were to pick up a Jewish Old Testament and compare it to a...

April 10, 2012

Jonah: The Anti-Prophet?

The Bible is a conversation. Some books seem to be responses to other books. Even...

April 09, 2012

The Meek will inheret the Earth?

Oracle, the word of יהוה With these words the books of Zechariah and Malachi both...

April 08, 2012

HE IS RISEN: The Service of the Light

Last night I went to the Roman Catholic Easter Vigil. It was amazing, as usual....

April 02, 2012

(A Seminary Education) – (Poetic Literacy) ≠ Biblical Literacy

Our culture suffers from a epidemic of benighted bumblings when it comes to poetry in...

April 02, 2012

What’s an Apocalypse?

When someone says "" more often then not most people's minds conjure up images of...

April 01, 2012

Finding Restoration Through Exile

A great deal of the Hebrew Bible consists of Jewish reflections on a period of...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Losing my Car and Finding God

I awoke Sunday morning and got ready to go to church, where I teach the...

March 26, 2012

How Wendell Berry Is Saving My Sanity, and My Ministry

Its that time again. The winter is beginning to fade, flowers are blooming, and TV...

March 13, 2012

Living Lamentations

Lamentations is one of my favorite books in the Old Testament.It is a book of...

March 10, 2012

Jesus, Don’t Let Me Die Before I’ve Had Sex

Have you heard of the documentary in the works "Jesus, Don't Let Me Die Before...

March 08, 2012

Invisible Children and Kony 2012: Friend or Foe?

A few days ago I posted a video which I called "Possibly the Best Use...

March 07, 2012

Athanasius on the Cross

No conversation on the theology of the Early Church on the Cross would be complete...

March 06, 2012

This is Possibly the Best use of Social Media I Have Ever Encountered

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

March 06, 2012

How Augustine Viewed the Cross

If Origen’s central concern was God’s desire to unify man to Himself, Augustine’s central concern...

March 05, 2012

How the First Christians Defined Salvation

As you read through the various perspective on the theology of the Cross in among...

March 05, 2012

The Life and Times of Jeremiah “The Weeping Prophet”

Destiny is a strange concept. In all of this there is a deep sense in...

March 04, 2012

My Tattoos

Alright so there is a conversation going on at r/christianity about Tattoos...A number of years...

March 03, 2012

Origen on The Cross

One of the most influential thinkers in the early church was Origen. Although later condemned...

March 02, 2012

The Ancient Understanding of Eucharist

The Christian church followed many of the Greeks in an shift away from the need...

March 01, 2012

Learning to walk in grace

The woods is shining this morning. Red, gold and green, the leaves lie on the...

March 01, 2012

Video: Bible Lesson on Mark 8:27-38

This week I taught this lesson on Mark 8:27-38. I'd love to hear comments!

March 01, 2012

Want a Free Bible?

Want a Free Bible? The Amazon Kindle has you covered If you want to read...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

The Lutheran Insulter

February 29, 2012

Entering Conversations On Race as a White Male

The interview below was conducted as part of a broader project to end racism and...

February 28, 2012

The Liturgy of the Heart

This week a few friends and I looked through Jeremiah 7:1-15. It's a text that...