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January 2012

January 12, 2012

God in Creation – A Defense of Panentheism

I'm currently re-reading God in Creation, Jürgen Moltmann's ecological doctrine of creation. It's my third...

January 09, 2012

Is God Omnipotent? Process Theology Redux [#WhyPray]

Current kingmaker in the Christian blogosphere, Rachel Held Evans, posted a piece by Tripp and...

January 03, 2012

Why Turn to Process Theology? #WhyPray

I haven't. I'm not (yet) a full embracer of process theology. But, I'm writing...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

God’s Power Is Collaborative, Not Coercive

Jeremy Fackenthal details three ways in which process theology is compatible with feminism. Here's one:...

December 15, 2011

Seriously, This Post Really IS about Rob Bell

David Opderbeck is the smartest kid in the room on any blog he frequents, including...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Welcome Number 7,000,000,000

Today symbolically marks the day that our global population reaches seven billion. Just how big...

October 23, 2011

Daniel Kirk on Jesus’ Eschatology

Fuller professor Daniel Kirk is quickly becoming one of my favorite bloggers. This week, he...

October 03, 2011

Books on Hospitality

Since I'll be writing about hospitality this week, here are some books I recommend on...

October 03, 2011

How Hospitable Is God?

A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking with some students at Rochester...

September 2011

September 06, 2011

Kester Brewin Wonders if (More) Opposition Is Coming

Kester Brewin has been considering a couple conversations he had at Greenbelt, and he wonders...

September 01, 2011

Why I’m Not…a Mormon

Yes, there are several unreasonable -- even unsavory -- aspects to orthodox Christianity. On a...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

If Jürgen Moltmann Planted a Church – Part Four

This is part of a series based on chapters four and five of my new...

August 30, 2011

Why I’m Not…an Atheist

Following up on yesterday's post, I'm starting an occasional series called "Why I'm Not..." Here's...

August 29, 2011

Why He’s Not a Catholic

Andrew Brown has written for the Guardian, Why I'm Not a Catholic: At the moment,...

August 26, 2011

Theology Is Sexy

Travis Reed, impressario of all things video at Work of the People, caught up with...

August 23, 2011

If Jürgen Moltmann Planted a Church – Part Three

This is part of a series based on chapters four and five of my new...

August 19, 2011

If Jürgen Moltmann Planted a Church – Part Two

This is part of a series based on chapters four and five of my new...

August 18, 2011

If Jürgen Moltmann Planted a Church – Part One

Possibly the most significant theological advancement that my dissertation, neé book (The Church Is Flat:...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

How To Be Anti-Catholic without Being Anti-Catholic

The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) is a denomination to the theological right of the...

July 11, 2011

Breaking News: Process Theologian Believes in God!

At HBC, Tripp has posted some sweetness from living legend, process theologian John Cobb. If...

June 2011

June 22, 2011

What Evangelical Leaders Believe

There's a new survey out from Pew today in which they report on the views...

June 20, 2011

On Being Called a (Borderline) Racist

While at Fuller Seminary earlier this month, Lauren Winner, Phyllis Tickle, and I spoke at...

May 2011

May 10, 2011

Are the Social Trinity and Panentheism Incommensurable?

Last week, I wrote about a question at my dissertation defense over which I stumbled. ...

May 04, 2011

Where Is God Revealed?

Two questions during my dissertation defense last week I think I fumbled a bit. The...

April 2011

April 25, 2011

The Resurrection Is REAL

That's what Peter Rollins and I talked about last night at Revolution NYC, Jay Bakker's...

April 21, 2011

No, Marcus Borg, the Resurrection Does Not "Make Sense" – That's What I Love about It

At Patheos, Marcus Borg recapitulates what he's been saying for years: that the resurrection of...

April 13, 2011

A Question about Penal Substitution

So, in the wake of all the Love Wins kerfuffle, I received an email from...

April 08, 2011

Rob Bell Is (Not) a Universalist: The Thief on the Cross

All this week, I'll be posting about Rob Bell's controversial new book, Love Wins. And...

April 07, 2011

Rob Bell Is (Not) a Universalist: How Much Freedom Do Humans Have?

All this week, I'll be posting about Rob Bell's controversial new book, Love Wins. And...

April 05, 2011

Rob Bell Is (Not) a Universalist: Who Is this God?

All this week, I'll be posting about Rob Bell's controversial new book, Love Wins. And...