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May 2006

May 04, 2006

Echoes of N.T. Wright 3

In N.T. Wright's third section to his book Simply Christian, he deals with the following...

May 02, 2006

Echoes of N.T. Wright 1

N.T. Wright's new book, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, is Tom's adventure into a...

April 2006

April 28, 2006

JKA Smith on Postmodernism

Jamie KA Smith has a new, readable, useful book on postmodernity called Who's Afraid of...

April 27, 2006

Atonement: The Problem 6

Here's a thesis Mark Biddle, in his excellent new study on sin (Missing the Mark),...

April 19, 2006

Mainline Renewal

I've been reading Thomas C. Oden for a few years, and his newest book, Turning...

April 17, 2006

Special Deal on Book

Tomorrow morning, at 6:00am, Paraclete will announce at this site a special deal on my...

April 17, 2006

Candle Book

If truth be told, many of us are not happy about our prayer life --...

April 14, 2006

The Gospel of Judas 5

Here is what Irenaeus says about The Gospel of Judas in his Against Heresies, 1.31.1:...

April 12, 2006

The Gospel of Judas 4

Scene 3 has all the sensational and new stuff about Judas, and I will briefly...

April 11, 2006

The Gospel of Judas 3

As I indicated in the first post, the best way to deal with the news...

April 11, 2006

Forgiveness and the Face 6

Early in chp 5 of The Faces of Forgiveness, LeRon Shults states this: "believers are...

April 10, 2006

The Gospel of Judas 2

"The secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas Iscariot..." --...

April 09, 2006

Benedict: A Life worth Knowing

Carmen Butcher, in her elegantly written little book on the life of St. Benedict, Man...

April 07, 2006

The Gospel of Judas 1

CNN and a couple of publishers -- HarperSanFrancisco and National Geographic -- coordinated their efforts...

April 07, 2006

Forgiveness and the Face 5

LeRon Shults examines what salvation looks like after the "turn to relationality." If life is...

March 2006

March 30, 2006

Forgiveness and the Face 1

Steven Sandage and LeRon Shults, in The Faces of Forgiveness, propose a new and fresh...

March 09, 2006

Kris and I are in

Kris and I are in Placerville, California, up the road from Sacramento, at a fine...

March 08, 2006

Ehrman and Misquoting Jesus

Bart Ehrman, in his new book, Misquoting Jesus, tells his story: how he found an...

March 06, 2006

N.T. Wright’s Fresh Perspective 7

Summary by Bevere: 1. Introduction: In chapter seven, "Reimagining God's Future," Wright comes to the...

March 05, 2006

Christ Plays: Eucharist and Hospitality

This section in Eugene Peterson's book, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, deals with how...

March 04, 2006

The Muslim Jesus 6

Some more sayings from Khalidi's collection of sayings and stories about Jesus that are not...

March 04, 2006

The Muslim Jesus 6

Some more sayings from Khalidi's collection of sayings and stories about Jesus that are not...

March 02, 2006

N.T. Wright’s Fresh Perspective 6

This is the sixth installment of a series on N.T. Wright's new book, Paul in...

February 2006

February 27, 2006

N.T. Wright’s Fresh Perspective 5

In chapter 5, "Rethinking God," Wright works through the discussion of Paul's monotheism. This is...

February 24, 2006

Christ Plays: Mark as History

How important is history, real stuff on earth by real people with God empowering such...

February 23, 2006

NT. Wright’s Fresh Perspective 4

N.T. Wright's Paul in Fresh Perspective is "fresh" because on top of the older "new"...

February 21, 2006

Christ Plays: Exodus

Here's a brisk and evocative claim: "Salvation is not a one-night stand. It cannot be...

February 17, 2006

Christ Plays: Atonement and Moralism

The second section of Peterson's Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places deals with Christ playing...

February 15, 2006

Christ Plays: Wondering about Wonder

Eugene Peterson, in his Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, pp. 119-129, sets out a...

February 15, 2006

Muslim Jesus 5

Once again, we return to some more of Khalidi's The Muslim Jesus, which sorts out...