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February 2016

February 25, 2016

Was Jesus Really Born of a Virgin? (This Scholar Says “No!”)

I'm currently researching the virgin birth (more accurately: virginal conception) accounts in the gospels. I...

February 23, 2016

On Facing Suffering: James Cone, Kierkegaard, and the Blues

For awhile now, I've wondered why more hasn't been written linking Kierkegaard's thought with themes...

February 19, 2016

“The Gods Favor Those Who Conquer”: On the Myth of Redemptive Violence (Walter Wink)

The gods favor those who conquer. Walter Wink's now-classic book, Engaging the Powers, begins with...

February 18, 2016

“The Pope v. the Donald”: Two Contrasting Eschatologies?

What makes a true Christian? Who gets to determine that? That's the most obvious question...

February 17, 2016

Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination and the “Book that Breathes”

Walter Brueggemann is a rare bird. He's a biblical scholar, an Old Testament theologian, with...

February 12, 2016

The Problem of Certainty and “Making a Murderer”

Like a lot of the rest of America, I was entranced with the Netflix documentary...

February 10, 2016

Ash Wednesday from a Mexican-American Perspective

A book I regularly assign my theology students is Virgilio Elizondo's Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American...

February 09, 2016

On Wheaton: If Reconciliation Means “Parting Ways,” then Christianity is Done For

Today is a big day at Wheaton College. It's not a happy day. It's a...

February 08, 2016

On the Ambivalence of Believing in Life After Death

Does believing in life after death make this life more precious and valuable or less so?...

February 04, 2016

Is the Resurrection a “Broken Myth”?

Yesterday I posted a response to a reader's rich question about the resurrection: What happens...

February 03, 2016

Is the Resurrection Really Real?

A reader of my blog sent me a really good question the other day. It's...

February 01, 2016

Today: A Conversation With John Cobb on “How Modern Metaphysics Killed God”

"How Modern Metaphysics Killed God." That's the topic of today's video conference discussion with eminent...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Do We Invent God or Do We Discover God?

Looking for a provocative and insightful way of putting an important question about God and...

January 21, 2016

Good News From Wheaton: Faculty Council Recommends Reinstatement of #DocHawk

Some encouraging news came out from Wheaton College today, with a Time news report that...

January 20, 2016

What One Theologian Says about the End of the World

One of the greatest living Christian theologians, Jürgen Moltmann, has this to say about the...

January 18, 2016

Why Do They (Still) Follow Donald Trump? Fear and Authority

As Liberty University readies itself for Donald Trump's chapel appearance today--yes, today, on the day...

January 15, 2016

Theology is “Imagination for the Kingdom of God in the World” (Moltmann)

In his book, The Coming of God, written thirty years after the groundbreaking Theology of...

January 14, 2016

Turn the Other Cheek? (Explained in Context)

Does Jesus really expect us to "turn the other cheek"? Here's the full text: You...

January 11, 2016

Can God Suffer? Today’s Video-Conference with Andrew Sung Park

Andrew Sung Park is a theologian you don't want to miss. I've used his excellent...

January 06, 2016

Have You Found Out Yet Who You Really Are? (Becker and Kierkegaard)

Ernest Becker, toward the end of his influential book, The Birth and Death of Meaning, offers up...

January 05, 2016

A Better Way to Interpret the Sermon on the Mount?

Matthew's "Sermon on the Mount" perplexes, bewilders, and confuses readers. What is Jesus getting at...

January 04, 2016

Check Out This Upcoming Theology Conference: “Enfolding Theology”

I'm excited to share an announcement about an upcoming theology conference (March 3-5) in Redondo...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Top Ten “Unsystematic Theology” Posts of 2015

2015 was a fun year for me vocationally and theologically. Some of that was because...

December 22, 2015

Guided by Dreams: Could Joseph Have Become a Terrorist? (Adam Rao)

The following is a guest post by Adam Rao. See his bio below. Later this...

December 21, 2015

Did You Know that Muslims Love Mary, Mother of Jesus, Too?

The Quran devotes a lot of attention to Mary, mother of Jesus. Remarkably, she is...

December 17, 2015

The Same God? On Socrates, Professor Hawkins, and the Wheaton Controversy

Still to this day, one of the more profound experiences of my education took place...

December 12, 2015

That Day Mary Was Presented at the Temple When She Was Three Years Old?

If you're a life-long Protestant like me, you may have never heard of the "Feast...

December 11, 2015

Art and Star Wars: Reflections on Myth, Painting, and the Force

What if the Millennium Falcon landed on an art gallery? Dan Addington is a Chicago...

December 10, 2015

Is Liberty University About to Become an Army Barracks?

By now, most anyone in the U.S. paying attention on social media knows about Liberty...

December 08, 2015

The Appeal of ISIS to Foreigners: Not Politics, but Meaning

All the bombs falling on ISIS are not deterring people from joining their cause. A...

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