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May 2016

May 03, 2016

Freestyling Through Galatians, Chunk by Chunk: An Audio Resource

Hey friends, I wanted to let you all know that I started a new series...

May 02, 2016

Entering the Conversation on Paul and Judaism (Podcast Episodes)

As you may already know, I recently started a podcast called The Paulcast: A Podcast...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

Why Studying the Apostle Paul Matters | In fact, it’s a matter of life & death!

As I announced a couple of weeks ago, my latest project is The Paulcast: A...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Introducing: The Paulcast Podcast & Easy Book Giveaway (Books about Paul)

The Paulcast: A Podcast all about the Apostle Paul launches this week. Help get word...

December 2015

December 07, 2015

Paul’s “Problem” with Torah: Why Evangelicalism’s Law vs Grace Preaching Needs to be Reconsidered

Paul had a problem with the Torah.[1] There is no denying this fact. The nature...

November 2015

November 15, 2015

Dining Disaster in Galatians: A Dinner that Went Wrong, but Not for the Reasons We’ve Been Taught

Sitting at the table continues to be a metaphor for communing with other human...

November 06, 2015

Greg Boyd Gives 5 Bullet Points about Open Theism in the Bible

Greg does us all a favor by compiling this helpful list of how the Bible...

November 04, 2015

Evil is Random, Even for God: The Uncontrolling Love of God

Kurt Note: Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian I respect. His work in open and relational...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Presidents Can’t Follow Jesus, So Christians Quit Fighting About It!

It’s impossible to be the president of the United States and to follow Jesus. But...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Many American Christians Would Call for the Execution of St. Paul #KellyonMyMind

In no way do I want to create a one-for-one correlation between St. Paul and...

August 2015

August 18, 2015

Learn Biblical Greek | Tool #1: Online Immersion Style

In the next few posts, I plan to share about ways to learn Greek. Several...

August 12, 2015

Moving Beyond Pentecost: Embracing a More Inclusive Charismatic Theology & Life

KURT NOTE: Today we have a guest contribution by Jeff Clarke, who has been a...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Story, Structure and Scripture: Reading the Bible in the 21st Century

KURT NOTE: The following is a guest post by Ryan Furlong. Deep stuff here! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

We Can Be So Right and Still Be So Wrong: My Theological Journey from Certainty to Discovery

*Guest Post by Jeff K. Clarke. He offers guest insights here on the Pangea Blog...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

FREE: Missio Alliance Anabaptism Conference Talks

Hey friends. You may remember that I spoke at a conference a couple months back....

December 01, 2014

Disarming Scripture from Cherry-Picking Liberals & Violence-Loving Conservatives

Derek Flood's new book Disarming Scripture has just been released this week, and has already...

November 2014

November 18, 2014

10 Podcasts on the Book of Revelation and Empire

Revelation is a book of hope. Revelation is a book of sacrifice. Revelation is a...

November 12, 2014

Motherhood as a Source for Resistance in the African American Struggle: From Slavery to Rosa Parks

I post this analysis at the risk of being completely ignorant. I mean that in...

November 07, 2014

Logos 6: Why I’m a Big Fan

There are several ways to do bible study. The old fashion way, with a Bible,...

November 04, 2014

There are No God Moments: Rethinking Divine Omnipresence

By Jeff K. Clarke -------------------------- Let me say it up front - I don't believe...

November 03, 2014

The End of Sacrifice: The Eucharist as Christ’s Nonviolent Presence

In this post, I want to explore the connection between Rene Girard's view of sacrifice...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Why Was Early Christianity So Diverse? – “Orthodoxy,” “Gnosticism” & Mexican Food

Getting along is hard to do. People divide. That’s a fact of human nature. Division...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

God Doesn’t Give a ______ about Cussing–God Cares about Character Formation

As a younger Christian, I judged people. A lot. I didn't know that I was...

August 21, 2014

God’s Scandalous Grace in the Old Testament

Preston Sprinkle is a guy I respect. As we've interacted over the past couple...

August 18, 2014

Can You Lose Your Salvation? Competing Views from Mark Driscoll & Greg Boyd

In the past several weeks, much controversy has arisen over Mark Driscoll and the church...

July 2014

July 07, 2014

Getting “up to date” on the Study of St. Paul in about 30 Mins: Wright and Gorman Conversation

Here's a great video, from Fortress Press, that walks through major themes in NT Wright's...

July 03, 2014

Can Traditionalists & Progressives Unite with Different LGBTQ Theologies?

For a long time I've been discouraged by how the conversation between traditionalists and progressives...

June 2014

June 05, 2014

Resources for Shaping a *RaptureLess* Theology: Where to Start to Debunk Left Behind

With the new Left Behind movie coming out this Fall, I think it's fitting to...

June 04, 2014

Why the Rapture isn’t Biblical… And Why it Matters

I grew up in church culture. Most of what I recall from those early childhood...

April 2014

April 03, 2014

Give Greek a “Go!” – an easy way to finally learn the language of Scripture

This upcoming school year I will be studying Christianity and Greco-Roman Religion at the University...