Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Theoblogy

Home
Progressive Christian

church history

Select a Category bible blogging books christianity in america church church history dissertation divorce Dog Training education emergent church essay family funny glbt jopa productions ministry minnesota movies music parenting philosophy politics Prayer publishing Questions That Haunt random same sex marriage speaking spirituality Teaching technology television theology Travels Uncategorized writing youth ministry

Select a Month January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 June 2006 May 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 June 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 August 2004 February 2004 January 2004

February 2010

February 18, 2010

Some Perspective on the Death of Emergent

This week and next, I'm preparing for my address to the Society for Pentecostal Studies...

December 2009

December 24, 2009

The First Christmas Sermon

John "Golden Mouth" Chrysostom preached the first known Christmas sermon in AD 386 (the same...

June 2009

June 01, 2009

Didache Top Ten

Last Friday, I completed the first draft of a book on the Didache for Paraclete...

May 2009

May 18, 2009

Praying the Bible – The Bible Is (Still) Alive

Praying the Bible Intro - lectio divina - reading - meditating - praying - contemplating...

May 15, 2009

Is There Ordination in the Didache?

I'm going to close out this week's topic by looking back to the history of...

May 13, 2009

My (Anti-) Ordination Sermon

In light of the recent ordination discussion here, I'm reposting an ordination sermon that I...

May 12, 2009

Reconsider Ordination. Now. (Continued)

John,Here's the continuation of my response to your blog post and my petition asking Adam...

April 2009

April 27, 2009

NeoCalvinist? No, NeoPuritan!

In the past, I've used this space to challenge advocates of Reformed theology to stand...

April 17, 2009

My Interview with Bart Ehrman

Earlier this week, I interviewed Bart Ehrman, New Testament scholar at UNC. We talked about...

April 03, 2009

Breaking News: Rod Will Debate Same Sex Marriage

It just turns out that he won't debate it with me.Last fall, Rod and I...

March 2009

March 26, 2009

Christian Book Expo: My View

I'd been waiting for Publisher's Weekly to file a report on the Christian Book Expo...

March 09, 2009

Original Sin: Calvin's Conundrum

The Original Sin SeriesIntro-Intuition-Definition-Genesis-Jesus-Paul-Augustine-Calvin-ConclusionWhen we last heard from our intrepid doctrine, Augustine had taken Paul's...

March 02, 2009

Comment of the Weekend

stormtrooper #274.52 objects to Brian's apologia for Pelagius:wow. I can't express how strongly I disagree...

February 2009

February 23, 2009

Original Sin: Augustine's Addendum

The Original Sin SeriesIntro-Intuition-Definition-Genesis-Jesus-Paul-Augustine-Calvin-ConclusionThe shadow of Augustine of Hippo looms large over the entire subsequent...

February 22, 2009

Quote of the Week

The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable...

January 2009

January 27, 2009

Comment of the Day

So many great comments under Original Sin: A Depraved Idea, so I'll just highlight Virgil's. ...

January 26, 2009

Original Sin: A Depraved Idea

The Original Sin SeriesIntro-Intuition-Definition-Genesis-Jesus-Paul-Augustine-Calvin-Conclusion When I was growing up in a moderate, centrist church --...