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November 2012

November 13, 2012

Is God a God of Peace or a God of War? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Questions That Haunt Christianity continues a recent theme in the series about the very nature...

November 09, 2012

God Allows Suffering Because Suffering Is Existence [Questions That Haunt]

After a week off for the election, it's time to address Shelly's Questions That Haunt Christianity,...

November 02, 2012

Franz Bibfeldt: The Most Important Theologian You’ve Never Heard Of

I love Franz Bibfeldt. I'm not talking eros or philios. I'm talking agape. That's how...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Why Did God Create Us If He Knew We’d Sin? [Questions That Haunt]

Time for another episode in our ongoing series, Questions That Haunt Christianity. This week, Shelly asks,...

October 26, 2012

God Is Arbitrary, and That Is Terrifying [Questions That Haunt]

Lisa Mamula posed the challenge this week for Questions That Haunt Christianity. She asked, I'm a...

October 26, 2012

Where Do You Find a Theology of “God-Intended Rape”?

When you hear a Senate candidate make a comment like this, “I think even when life begins...

October 19, 2012

If We’re Wrong, It’s No Big Deal [Questions That Haunt]

In Tuesday's Questions That Haunt Christianity, Bill Dahl asked, What if we're wrong? What if God turns...

October 16, 2012

What If We’re Wrong about Christianity? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's entry in Questions That Haunt Christianity comes from an old friend. Bill Dahl has been hanging...

October 15, 2012

Are You an Ignostic?

I received an email from a reader last week claiming that he is an ignostic,...

October 12, 2012

Demons Aren’t Real, But People Believe in them Anyway [Questions That Haunt]

Before I dive in to this week's response, I just want to say that this...

October 09, 2012

Why Do Christians Still Believe in Demons? [Questions That Haunt]

This week, a twist for Questions That Haunt Christianity. Lee Pendarvis (follow him on Twitter!) is a...

October 05, 2012

Talking about God Is Not (Necessarily) Incoherent [Questions That Haunt]

On Tuesday, I posted Hugh's entry in the Questions That Haunt Christianity. It's a doozy. Honestly,...

October 02, 2012

Why Are Definitions of God Incoherent? [Questions That Haunt]

This week, a challenging entry for Questions That Haunt Christianity. This one is deeply theological, but...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

I Don’t Hear God Either [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity, Andrew challenged us with a question not so much...

September 25, 2012

Why Do I Not Experience God? [Questions That Haunt]

A little different tack in this week's Questions That Haunt Christianity. Rather than a theological...

September 21, 2012

There’s No Conspiracy to Silence the Gnostics [Questions That Haunt]

It's Friday, which means it's time for me to respond to Patience's question in the...

September 18, 2012

Why Ignore the Gnostic Gospels? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's entry in the Questions That Haunt Christianity series comes from Patience, who asks,...

September 14, 2012

Heaven Is (Not) Somewhere [Questions That Haunt]

Today I respond to Bart Mitchell's inaugural question to the Questions That Haunt Christianity series....

September 11, 2012

Happiness in the Afterlife [Questions that Haunt]

I have been astounded and gratified at the number of questions that have been submitted...

September 06, 2012

#progGOD Is Live!!!

Last month, I posted something out of frustration. I'd been reading lots of blogs written...

September 04, 2012

The Questions that Haunt Christianity

Today, we start a new series here at Theoblogy. It's called The Questions that Haunt...

September 01, 2012

#progGOD Posts Coming Soon!

Again, thanks to all of you who contributed to my challenge for progressive theo-bloggers to...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Do Theology Before — Not After — Your Decision

One of the things that most bugs me about the way that my coreligionists talk...

August 13, 2012

Update on Progressive Theo-Blogger Challenge #progGOD

Last week, I challenged Progressive Theo-Bloggers to say something substantive about God. I then clarified...

August 10, 2012

This Is Me, Saying Something About God

...by saying stuff about what God is not. That is, by writing some apophatic theology. (Don't...

August 09, 2012

Progressive Talk about God: Lots of Throat Clearing

So, my Challenge to Progressive Theo-Bloggers has been well received, prompting many responses from across...

August 07, 2012

A Challenge to Progressive Theo-Bloggers

I've been writing recently about the problems with liberal Christianity, and I had a thought...

July 2012

July 02, 2012

Will the ‘God Particle’ Change Theology?

According to numerous news outlets, scientists are about to unveil the Higgs boson -- aka,...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Where Is God’s Wrath Burning Now?

In the past couple years, John Piper has been outspoken about any number of tragedies,...

June 06, 2012

What’s at Stake in the Doctrine of Creation

A week from now, I'll be canoeing through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with...