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November 2014

November 17, 2014

watching young scholars grow up on the internet

While I was a faculty member at Westminster Theological Seminary, a colleague (not in biblical...

November 14, 2014

10 books that made me rethink the Bible

This is not my 10 "best" books list, nor am I suggesting these are "must reads" for everyone (though...

November 11, 2014

“aha” moments: biblical scholars tell their stories (18): Rob Dalrymple

It’s been a while since our last “aha” moment, but I told you they’d be...

November 05, 2014

is the “wrath of God” wrath?

Here is Luke Timothy Johnson's comment on what Paul means by "the wrath of God is...

November 03, 2014

experience teaches us to be radically undogmatic

As Gadamer puts it, "The truth of experience always contains an orientation towards new experiences.  The perfection of...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

superamazing major announcement!!

Not really. Just letting y'all know that I'm going to begin moderating comments on my...

October 29, 2014

12 Ways Some Evangelical Leaders Avoid Dealing with Real Problems in the Bible: A Response (of sorts) to Christianity Today.

Writing books and having them reviewed go hand in hand. I bet book reviews go...

October 23, 2014

does experience affect our theology?

The Yankees aren't in the World Series. And I'm mad. And I don't like it....

October 22, 2014

The NEW Jewish Study Bible: this is so awesome I’m getting verklempt

The second edition of The Jewish Study Bible (eds. Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler) is...

October 20, 2014

the gift of darkness (or, why being bored in church might be God telling you something)

St. John of the Cross writes, in his prologue to The Ascent of Mount Carmel: “A...

October 17, 2014

God and true freedom

Only love can know love, only mercy can know mercy, only the endless mystery I am...

October 15, 2014

if historical criticism is so bad for you, how come it’s so convincing? huh?

So we face a curious paradox. If biblical criticism leads to false and destructive results, and if...

October 14, 2014

diagnosing conservative evangelical biblical scholarship

One of the chief marks of conservative evangelical biblical scholarship is that it claims to accept the...

October 09, 2014

God is right here, always: thank you, incarnation; thank you, Eucharist

I just needed to hear this today--and no I'm not becoming Roman Catholic, so calm...

October 08, 2014

on writing gooder and even more gooder books

I'm asked from time to time how I went about finding a literary agent and...

October 07, 2014

“the Bible is the Christian holy book” and other distortions of Christianity

A friend sent me this post by Fr. Stephen Freeman, "Has Your Bible Become a...

October 05, 2014

Was George Washington a Christian? (and the answer is….)

I came across this article written back in 2008 by Dr. Robert Duffett, president of Dakota Wesleyan...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

my interview with Brian McLaren (part 3)

Today's post is the third and final installment of my interview with Brian McLaren. As you may...

September 27, 2014

Eucharist: a wedding table decorated with a cross instead of a cake

While the Eucharist has always been a consoling mystery with an ecstatic, mystical language surrounding it...

September 23, 2014

my interview with Brian McLaren (part 2)

Today is the second of three installments of my interview with Brian McLaren. He asked me...

September 22, 2014

no, really, I’m not self-absorbed–but read this about me anyway

I am posting below--anonymously and with permission--(1) an Amazon review of TBTMS and (2) an email...

September 19, 2014

Evolution, the Bible, and Presbyterians in the Civil War South (or, please stop the merry-go-round I’m getting nauseous)

Today we have an interview with Monte Harrell Hampton (PhD, University of North Carolina), visiting...

September 16, 2014

my interview with Brian McLaren (part 1)

Today is the first of three installments of my interview with Brian McLaren. He asked...

September 15, 2014

on being a mouthpiece of satan

Today's blog is by Carlos Bovell, a frequent contributor here. Bovell is a graduate of Westminster...

September 13, 2014

Richard Rohr’s interesting (though I don’t agree) take on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

It seems that God is asking humanity to live inside of a cosmic humility, as...

September 11, 2014

MUUUUUUch better, Barnes and Noble

I'm not sure how, really, but somehow between yesterday and this evening my books got...

September 10, 2014

OK…Not Bad, Barnes and Noble

Earlier today, "I just happened to be passing by" Barnes and Noble, so I wandered...

September 09, 2014

the Bible is like clay to be molded around Jesus–(from The Bible Tells Me So)

More than any other writer of the New Testament, the apostle Paul transforms Israel’s story—beyond...

September 08, 2014

new podcast with Luke Norsworthy on my book, WTS, and such

Here is my second visit with Luke Norsworthy on his "Newsworthy with Norsworthy" podcast--which is a very...

September 08, 2014

Jesus transforms Israel’s story–(from The Bible Tells Me So)

The story of Jesus is connected to the story of Israel....Israel's story began it all,...

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