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August 2016

August 18, 2016

Can the gospel be orthodox and inclusive?

One of the tragedies of our civil war in United Methodism has been the bifurcation...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Radical Jesus 101: Two very different ways of defining sin

I figured Ash Wednesday would be a good day to meditate upon the meaning of...

July 2014

July 13, 2014

How does God “condemn sin in the flesh” on Jesus’ cross? (Romans 8:3)

In this week's lectionary epistle reading, Paul writes that "by sending his own Son in...

May 2013

May 02, 2013

The incomplete jigsaw puzzle of Biblical interpretation (Christian Smith)

The 2nd century Gnostic heretics were very good at constructing airtight, scripture-based arguments for their...

January 2013

January 20, 2013

Who is Romans 9:22-23 talking about? (A response to Greg Boyd)

I'm one of the "pod-rishioners" of the popular Michigan pastor Greg Boyd. One thing I...

December 2012

December 12, 2012

Original sin, part one: Romans 5:12-21

Original sin. There are few Christian doctrines that cause more scandal for people living today....

December 10, 2012

Is God a capitalist? (John Locke and the Romans Road)

One of the theories Doug Campbell advances in The Deliverance of God is that the...

December 08, 2012

Romans 4: Believing promises, obeying contracts, and retribution

One of the struggles I have with the word "covenant" is that it seems to...

October 2012

October 26, 2012

How children save us

Over the past several years, as I've gone through the ordination process, I have had...

October 14, 2012

Communion or correctness? The underlying question.

Is God's goal for humanity communion or correctness? The way you answer that question will...

October 10, 2012

Red Letter Christianity: unpaving the Romans Road

I figured it might be good for my hits to push back against an exegetically...