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March 2009

March 14, 2009

Liveblogging Transforming Theology – Day 3

Starting Day 3 here at Claremont School of Theology, we're having panels about whether progressive...

March 13, 2009

Liveblogging Transforming Theology – Day 2

I'm at the inaugural Transforming Theology gathering: Rekindling Theological Imagination: Transformative Thought for Progressive Action. ...

March 09, 2009

Transforming Theology — This Week!

Later this week, I'll be in Southern California at the Transforming Theology for the Church...

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 06, 2009

Is There an Evangelical Center?

In the Washington Times, Julia Duin ponders that question in her article, "Evangelicals ponder Dobson's...

March 04, 2009

The Sermon on the Mount Is an Ideology?

The right-wing Christian Post picked up on the Dallas youth pastor fight club silliness, and...

March 03, 2009

Comment of the Day

Drew Tatusko drops a very thoughtful comment Re: Mark Driscoll.Postmodern and post-structuralism aside (since this...

March 01, 2009

Youth Pastor Fight Club!

In Dallas, youth pastors are being trained in street fighting techniques in order to, um,...

February 2009

February 20, 2009

Comment of the Day

Brian has a warning for Mark Driscoll and other expanding evangelical ministries:Thanks for this post....

February 19, 2009

The Death of Preaching?

Mark Driscoll watchdog, Bob Hyatt, has some concerns about a possible Mars Hill franchise coming...

February 18, 2009

January 2009

January 31, 2009

Ted Haggard: Neither Gay nor Straight

Is Ted Haggard gay or straight? Neither. Few of us are. Most of us, instead,...

January 30, 2009

St. Gayle Haggard

Last night, I watched the HBO documentary, The Trials of Ted Haggard, and then caught...

January 29, 2009

I'll Be Watching Haggard Tonight

My friend, Patton Dodd, has a piece up on Slate in advance of Alexandra Pelosi's...

January 28, 2009

Comment of the Day

Scott M points out some of the most significant intellectual problems with the doctrine of...

January 26, 2009

Pandering Pope?

In a move that I bet the Vatican wanted to happen with no media attention,...

January 20, 2009

Join Us on the (Internet) Radio

I'm a regular commentator on Doug Pagitt's daily radio show, The Question. (Yes, I believe...

January 19, 2009

Comment of the Weekend

Well, there's a lot to choose from this weekend. Several of the Methodist ministers who...

January 16, 2009

What Happened in Missouri

Back when Patton Dodd asked initially asked me to consider blogging for Bnet, he wanted...

January 08, 2009

Who Decides Orthodoxy?

Yesterday I posted about the optionality of the Trinity. A good debate ensued, which is...

January 03, 2009

The Spiritual Lives of Children (Carla)

I'm fairly certain that most of what we attempt in the way of spiritual formation...

December 2008

December 31, 2008

Singing the blues with Mr. Kanye West (Anthony Smith aka Postmodern Negro)

"Find God in all things" - Saint Ignatius of Loyola "the blues is an impulse...

December 23, 2008

The Sad, Sad Case of Ted Haggard

The AP's fine religion reporter, Erik Gorski, this weekend dropped a story about the re-emergence...

December 21, 2008

Advent IV

From the poem, "Advent, 1955" by John Betjamen:The world seems traveling into space, And traveling...