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July 2019

July 27, 2019

God and Stephen King

Its been a while since I posted some of my writing on here. In the...

April 2019

April 14, 2019

A Post After Some Time Away….And a Big Life Announcement

If you have spent any time reading this blog, you'll have probably noticed that I...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

The Christian Response to Nation-States

I was recently invited to write up some of my reflections on how Christians should...

December 2018

December 17, 2018

American Paganism

The end of the year has a tendency to heap a ton of responsibilities...

November 2018

November 02, 2018

“By the Rivers of Babylon We Wept…”

I've had trouble writing this. The murders committed at the Tree of Life - Or...

October 2018

October 14, 2018

Psalms, Politics, and Fleeting Mortality

I have refrained from commenting on the last few weeks in American politics. This has...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Christianity Has Had a “Male Problem” From the Start….And That Isn’t a Bad Thing

A recent blog post by British NT scholar Ian Paul laments the lack of men in...

September 04, 2018

Once More On the Resurrection of Christ, Against the Liberal Fundamentalists

Another day, another "discussion" on the Christian Twittersphere. Over the last several days, a good...

August 2018

August 16, 2018

“It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck…”

Modern Western Christians largely ignore the biblical texts relating to divine judgment. One need only...

August 03, 2018

The Resurrection of the Body: Spiritual? Physical? Both, Actually.

David Bentley Hart recently wrote a fascinating essay on the nature of the resurrection body...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

The Literary Genius of Mark’s Gospel (and All of Scripture)

I really love the Gospel According to Mark. It is simple in construction compared to...

July 08, 2018

The Vibrant World of Ancient Eastern Christianity

I have been reading a fascinating book over the last several days. Philip Jenkins is...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

How Christianity “Destroyed” The Darkness of the Ancient World

Another day, another book review over at the New York Times extolling a tome that...

June 03, 2018

We All Worship Something

Over at The Atlantic, there is an interesting article by Sigal Samuel about the religious...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

Beginning to Answer Adoptionist Christology – Chapters 5 and 6: “How Jesus Got Adopted in the Second Century,” and “Adoptionism Then and Now”

Well, we have arrived at the end of Michael Bird's excursion through the various...

April 2018

April 28, 2018

Beginning to Answer Adoptionist Christology — Chapter 4: “The Gospel of Mark and the Son of God”

Another entry into this blog series, another twoish-week delay. I could say that I was...

April 09, 2018

Beginning to Answer Adoptionist Christology – Chapter 3: “The Gospel of Mark, Monotheism, and Deification”

Hello readers! And welcome back to my chapter-by-chapter coverage of Michael Bird's book, Jesus the...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

Beginning to Answer Adoptionist Christology – Chapter 2: “Appointed the Son of God by Resurrection from the Dead”

Well, after about a two-week long hiatus due to my computer being in the shop...

March 14, 2018

Beginning to Answer Adoptionist Christology — Chapter 1: “Christology and Christian Origins”

As noted in my previous, introductory post for this series, I will be attempting to...

March 11, 2018

Beginning to Answer Adoptionist Christology: Working Through Michael Bird’s Book

After a month away from blogging (I recently started a new job and have had...

February 2018

February 11, 2018

Alt-Right Paganism

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last year or so, you...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

John Piper (Mis)Speaks Ex Cathedra

Another day, another statement by one of American evangelicalism’s most inflammatory pundits.

January 17, 2018

The Myths That Make Us

Is Christianity a myth? Well, we have to know what a myth is in the...

January 03, 2018

My Top Books of 2017 (Posted A Few Days into 2018)

It is that time of year again. The time when Christian writers everywhere post their...

December 2017

December 23, 2017

The Terror of Christmas

What I find grating about the Christmas holiday season is how those who really celebrate...

December 15, 2017

American Evangelicals, Inerrancy, and the Quest for Power

The word “evangelical” is one that has increasingly been losing its meaning over the last...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

David Bentley Hart Critiques Dennett and Descartes

David Bentley Hart is one of my favorite living theologians (anyone reading this blog for...

November 04, 2017

Aquinas on the Nonviolent Practicality of the Trinity

I have recently been working through D. Stephen Long's excellent book, The Perfectly Simple Triune...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Mixed Feelings on the Reformation at 500

It is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation this year, and you would think...

October 16, 2017

Bethel, Miracles, and Modern Syncretism

I'm not usually one to read BuzzFeed News. In fact, most of the time I...

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