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2015-03-13T16:44:25-05:00

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Forgive Me, Too

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

Rachel wrote a very difficult post earlier this week. Then she asked for forgiveness from her readers if she hadn’t dealt with the topic perfectly. The first was a courageous post. The second was even more courageous, and I’d like to echo it here, for my readers: (more…) Read more

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The Gospel in Two Broad Strokes: Reconciliation

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

The context of this post is the following: Last week, Dr. Christena Cleveland wrote a post reflecting on something I’d said at a conference last month. In short, I said that those of us in the room had a “better version of the gospel” than the regnant view in the West. Dr. Cleveland misheard me, thinking I said we have the “best version.” Nevertheless, she was critical of my statement, arguing that to assert that one’s version of the gospel... Read more

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The Gospel in Two Broad Strokes: Liberation

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

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2015-03-13T16:44:26-05:00

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Jana Has Tweeted the Whole Bible

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

As of today, the indefatigable Jana Riess has tweeted the entire Bible, a chapter per day: Today’s the last day of my Twible project, which I can scarcely believe. When I first started this in 2009, I was daunted to discover that there are 1,189 chapters of the Bible. (Did we know this?) That meant 1,189 days of my life doled out in tweets. But [kairos] time flies, so this week finds me putting the finishing touches on the trippy Book of... Read more

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What Gender Is God? [Questions That Haunt]

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

This question comes from Mark — you can submit your questions here — and it’s one that’s trickier than it might seem at first blush: Hi Tony, I just recently discovered you, and thankful to do so. I appreciate the way you think! As an aside, in one of your threads, you brushed upon the gender of God. (Holy Spirit was feminine.) I think it would be of great value, to discuss the entire issue of “the intrinsic gender(s) of the... Read more

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Is My Version of the Gospel Exclusionary?

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

I spent a lot of time sitting quietly in the woods this weekend, waiting to shoot a wild turkey who never arrived — he just gobbled at me from behind some trees, mocking my attempt to plate him. So I had a lot of time to think. Then, I ran my ideas for a blog response to last week’s kerfuffle by Courtney, who had been out of town all weekend, and she gently told me that they were all bad... Read more

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2015-03-13T16:44:27-05:00

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Get Your Animate On

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

All this week, animate.faith is the focus of the Patheos Book Club. It’s a product that I worked on and am proud of. All week, you can read other bloggers’ reviews of it, see interviews with Paul Soupiset and me, and download a sample. Check it out! Read more

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

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

This week, Andrew asked us to consider the claims of divinity that are attributed to Jesus in the Fourth Gospel: In the Gospel of John, Jesus makes many confident self-proclamations (conservative Evangelical’s favorite verses which seemingly demonstrates the exclusivity of Jesus). Now, I’m sure that claiming to be God in 1st century Judiasm is a really big deal; however, how is it that none of these self-proclamations make it into any of the synoptic gospels? Is it possible that Jesus... Read more

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I’m Tired of Being Called a Racist

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

Loyal readers will remember an incident from two years ago. I was speaking at Fuller Seminary — an academic institution, it should be noted. In my remarks, I spoke honestly about my view of Pentecostal theology, and how I do not think that it’s the best theology out there. [Video here.] An African-American woman in the crowd stood up and, at the end of a lengthy comment (that was more of a lecture), she called me a “borderline racist.” Here’s... Read more

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The End of History for the Straight White Male

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm By Tony Jones

Richard Lindsay thinks so, reflecting on Jason Collins, Tim Tebow, and the ensuing backlash against Chris Broussard and Tim Brando: We are entering a period in American history when European ancestry, Christianity, and heterosexuality will no longer be the assumed default. I suspect that the past 30 years of resurgence of fundamentalist Christianity and right-wing identity politics will be seen in the course of history as a temporary backlash to the radical social changes unleashed in the 1960’s. The kinds... Read more

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