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October 2014

October 13, 2014

Rob Bell’s Atonement

Unless you've been living under a rock (a rock without internet), you probably know that...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Weight-Watchers and Dietary Restrictions in Leviticus: A (Post)-Colonial (Sub)Liminal (Post)Postmodern Neopragmatic Reading of the 2014 Ikea Catalog(ue) [Five Questions for Peter Enns]

Peter Enns is a fellow Patheosian. Ooh, I like that. Patheosian. We also have the...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Reassessing Marcus Borg

Fellow Patheos blogger Frederick Schmidt has penned an article for the Journal of Preaching about...

June 2014

June 10, 2014

The McLaren Lectionary

BMac's new book comes out today. I had the opportunity to give it a close...

June 02, 2014

Can NT Wright Have It Both Ways?

Keith DeRose doesn't think so. DeRose, a philosopher at Yale and correspondent with YFB, has...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

Five Reasons You Probably Shouldn’t Attend a Christian Seder

It's Passover until this evening, and lots of Christians — especially evangelicals — are attending...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

“Noah” is Darren Aronofsky’s Midrash

Darren Aronofsky has made an eminently biblical film. That is, if you see the Bible...

March 03, 2014

Scot McKnight, Please Respond to This

Reza Aslan shows his true ignorance of biblical scholarship in under three minutes: Original Sully...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

1,600 Pages of Awesome

Yesterday, I received in the mail the magisterial doorstop of a book: NT Wright's Paul...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

Dear Marcus Borg: Please Reconsider the Resurrection

Marcus Borg has joined Patheos as a blogger, which I think is great. He has...

October 04, 2013

No, the Writers of the Bible Did Not Expect It To Be Taken Literally [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity cames from Nina: Questions that haunt: did people of Jesus' time...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Dispensationalists Are Wrong – Things Aren’t Getting Worse [Questions That Haunt]

Last Tuesday's Question That Haunts Christianity came from Jesse: I'm a regular blog reader though I've never...

September 16, 2013

The Bible Can Be Authoritative, Even If It’s Relative [Questions That Haunt]

Last Tuesday's Question That Haunts Christianity came from Chris: This question has been bugging me for a while....

September 12, 2013

The Best Bible Software

So, here's the story. I can't really even remember how it began, but I posted...

September 12, 2013

Lay Your Sins on the E-Scapegoat!

We all want our sins atoned, right? On the eve of Yom Kippur, this is...

September 10, 2013

If the Bible Is Relative, Does Any Objective Morality Exist? [Questions That Haunt]

Last week, we welcomed back the Questions That Haunt Christianity series with a great exchange on...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Fresh Website, Stale Theology

For years, I've had a common retort to those who oppose gay marriage on biblical...

July 11, 2013

What Progressive Christianity Needs Is More Apocalypse

I appreciate what Richard Beck did in his series of posts, calling on progressive Christians...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

On Retiring a Sermon

Unlike a lot of you, I don't have to prepare a sermon each week. In...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

The Gospel in Two Broad Strokes: Reconciliation

The context of this post is the following: Last week, Dr. Christena Cleveland wrote a...

May 21, 2013

Jana Has Tweeted the Whole Bible

As of today, the indefatigable Jana Riess has tweeted the entire Bible, a chapter per...

May 17, 2013

It’s Probably True, Even If Jesus Didn’t Say It [Questions That Haunt]

This week, Andrew asked us to consider the claims of divinity that are attributed to...

May 15, 2013

What I Learned about the Bible from Undergrads

Today I'll finish grading the final exams of the students who took "Introduction to the...

May 14, 2013

What If Jesus Never Claimed to be Divine? [Questions That Haunt]

I've received some fantastic questions in the last couple weeks (you can submit your questions...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

God Doesn’t Know What You Think God Knows [Questions That Haunt]

This week, Sam asked us a question about God's omniscience (you can find Sam at...

April 24, 2013

Did the Resurrection Really Happen? [VIDEO]

April 22, 2013

How To Interpret the Bible [VIDEO]

April 12, 2013

How the Bible Is God’s Word [Questions That Haunt]

OK, it's time for me to quit stalling and answer Jake's question, which so many...

April 07, 2013

Ask the Rabbi: What’s With Cutting Men’s Penises?

This is part of an occasional series in which I pose a question to my...

March 2013

March 08, 2013

To Love God Is To Love Flesh and Blood [Questions That Haunt]

I'm away from the blog this week, so I have the great honor of...