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February 2014

February 04, 2014

Free eBook: Evolution & Scripture are NOT Mutually Exclusive – Ham & Nye are both wrong

Most folks probably know that Ken Ham and Bill Nye just debated the origins of...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

What if Bonhoeffer really didn’t try to kill Hitler? [a new theory]

I didn't come across this topic until this morning as I was reading a friend's...

December 2013

December 29, 2013

Get 500 Logos Books for Less than a Buck per Volume! (2 days only)

As most readers will already know, I am a big fan of Logos Bible...

December 16, 2013

Defining Sin in a Better Way: Shalom Disrupted

In this post, I want to briefly look at the issue of "sin." It's a...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

Life-Changing Books: Surprised by Hope

Many of you know that I've partnered with Logos Bible Software to give away a...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

First Nations Version of the Bible: Check this out!

Check out this new translation that is being put together to reach out to native...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Stop Turning “Devotions” into Dogma: reflections on how we read the bible

As a high school student, after a dramatic turn-around toward the end of my sophomore...

May 2013

May 13, 2013

Revelation 17: The Whore, The Empire, and A Tale of Two Cities [observations and sermon download]

If you follow this blog regularly (and my Facebook and Twitter feeds), you probably...

May 07, 2013

Corrective Strategies and Themes for Understanding the Book of Revelation (Tired of the chaos? Me too!)

After my most popular status update ever affirmed it a few months back, I've decided...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

North Korea may bomb the hell out of us and blow us to smithereens, yet we will cling to the instability of hope

***I wrote this article prior to the events in Boston, otherwise my title would...

March 2013

March 11, 2013

A soon-to-be dad dreams of a daughter liberated for her soon-to-be world

My daughter grows within my wife’s womb while I dream of the day when she...

March 08, 2013

Ridding the Rapture from our Lips: Evangelical Young Adults and the End

EXCERPT FROM LAWRENCE GARCIA: The term “rapture” within eschatological discourse can take on many shades...

March 08, 2013

Why Theology Matters – Pursuing Truth with Humility

*This post is old... like from the beginning of blogging old. I might nuance this...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

The Significance of Christmas – The Divine-Human Event

With Christmas coming up next week, here are two great places to purchase gifts that...

December 11, 2012

A Lack of Theology in the Evangelical Shift Toward Justice?

Today, my friend Jamie Arpi-Ricci wrote an excellent reflection on evangelicals and justice. He is...

December 05, 2012

5 Resources on Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible

The question of divorce and remarriage is a sad reality that the church must face....

October 2012

October 11, 2012

The Role of Archaeology in Biblical Studies

This video was great. Here's the description... Archaeology and the Bible are intimately related. Here...

October 02, 2012

Shaping Politics – Biblical Theology or Political Ideology?

In what follows, I've pasted an excerpt from an article by Lisa Sharon Harper. She...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Which Scriptures shape your foundation?

Over the past year, I've connected with a fellow Anabaptist brotha, Marty Troyer. He is...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Greg Boyd on the Old Testament as a Shadow of the New

FROM GREG BOYD AT REKNEW: “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you...

August 30, 2012

Do you have to believe in Christ’s literal physical resurrection to be a Christian?

Resurrection is the central theme in Christianity. The New Testament goes out of its way...

August 15, 2012

The Gospel: in 1 word, 3 words, & 30 words (@Bruxy Cavey)

HT: Tim Day I got to spend some time with Bruxy at the North American...

August 08, 2012

God, I Thank You I’m Not Like Those Others: The Meta-Sin of Culture Wars

Permit me—even forgive me if need be—for tampering with Scripture for a moment to make...

August 06, 2012

N.T. Wright on Why Women SHOULD be in Pastoral Roles

Early in my undergrad studies, I came to the realization that I had never wrestled...

August 03, 2012

Embracing the Humanity of the Bible: Listening for the Divine through Human Words

Many Christians hold to a doctrine of scripture that sees only the divine side of...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Evangelicalism: A Boundless-Centered Theology

I need my Calvinist family, just as much as I need my Openness relatives. Like...

July 10, 2012

Creationism: a bridge too far

Creationism: A Bridge Too Far It should be a given that theological students are...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

What’s the Story Anyway? A Brief Intro to Narrative Theology

***Repost from August 2010. I might nuance some things a tad differently now, but the...

June 20, 2012

It’s the End of the World as We Know It: the truth about the end times

The REM song from the late 80’s should be on any 2012 playlist. In the...

June 17, 2012

What is your favorite version of the Bible and why?

What is your favorite version of the Bible and why? I recently made a switch....