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May 2020

May 10, 2020

Mother God: What Are We Doing When We Call God “She”?

During the worship service I viewed this morning, a pastor referred to God as a...

February 2018

February 17, 2018

The Value of Seminary in a World Gone Mad

My colleague and friend, Dr. Kenneth Reynhout, shared the following post on his Facebook page....

October 2017

October 09, 2017

10 Very Good Books on the Reformation and Martin Luther

As we anticipate the celebration of the 500th year anniversary of the Reformation, I put...

September 2017

September 14, 2017

The Problem With Liberal Christianity (From the Perspective of a Radical Christian)

Dorothy Sölle, a radical Christian theologian (her memoir is sub-titled Memoir of a Radical Christian),...

September 08, 2017

Should We Pray For God’s Protection From Hurricanes?

I'm going to shift gears for a while with my blogging. Instead of trying to...

September 02, 2017

The Inconsistent Docetism of Evangelical Theology

OK, here's another thought I had about the so-called "Nashville Statement" that's been buzzing around...

August 2017

August 10, 2017

“A Complicated Pregnancy” Now Available for Pre-Order

I'm happy to announce that a book I've been working on for the past two...

July 2017

July 12, 2017

Eight Reasons Evangelicals Still Trust in Trump

Amid the scattered pieces of the the Don Jr. / Russia email bombshell, a group...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Science Can’t Rule Out the Resurrection as Our Destiny

Does the current state of science tell us anything about the possibility--or impossibility--of the resurrection?...

June 22, 2017

Does Love Have a Speed? A Discussion on Disability, Time and Discipleship

In a recent summer reading list, I mentioned John Swinton's Becoming Friends of Time: Disability,...

June 05, 2017

Sneak Peak: Book Cover For “A Complicated Pregnancy”

Anticipated Publication Date (Fortress Press, Theology for the People series) is November 1

June 01, 2017

A Charge to Seminary Graduates (Demian Wheeler)

My colleague, Dr. Demian Wheeler, delivered the "charge to the graduates" at the recent commencement...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

The Virgin Birth and Christianity: Is it All Or Nothing?

Not long ago, I assumed my spot in my favorite coffee shop to work on...

April 03, 2017

The Problem with Seminary? Seven Big Tensions in Curriculum Revision

I recently attended an ATS (Association of Theological Schools) meeting of mid-career faculty where we...

February 2017

February 07, 2017

A “Case for Christ” Movie? On the Problem with Apologetics

A few weeks ago I went to see Silence, the Scorcese film (based on the...

January 2017

January 07, 2017

Epiphany, Acts 15, and How the Church Makes Decisions

On Epiphany Sunday, Christians celebrate all sorts of events related to the stories surrounding the...

January 06, 2017

Theologians Opposing the Nomination of Jeff Sessions

I joined with many other Christian theologians and other faith leaders in signing a petition...

December 2016

December 01, 2016

What do you Get When You Scratch a Neo-Evangelical?

Molly Worthen's The Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism, is a...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

How the Bible was Used to Justify Slavery and White Supremacy

In my Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism course today, we'll be talking about the history of slavery...

August 2016

August 11, 2016

The Mantra “Conservative Theology Grows Churches” Doesn’t Work Anymore

I was raised conservative evangelical (Southern Baptist). I went to a conservative evangelical seminary. If...

August 04, 2016

The 10 Most Influential Progressive and Spiritual Leaders in Education (Part 1)

Fall is just around the corner. "Back to school" specials are on the shelves. So...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

We Are Witnessing the End of Postmodernism and the Beginning of Post-Postmodernism

It's not a sexy title, but these aren't pretty times. For the past four or...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

10 of the Best Books About Evangelical Christianity

You can't really understand the dynamics of American religion--and even of American politics and the...

May 20, 2016

If God is Good, Why do Animals Suffer?

If you accept the theory of evolution (and you should) then you also must accept...

May 17, 2016

Are You a Theological Feminist?

I came across a very helpful summary of "theological feminism" today, in Catherine Mowry LaCugna's...

May 12, 2016

“When Will Your Theology Stop Changing?”

Several years ago I was asked that question: "When will your theology stop changing?" It...

April 2016

April 15, 2016

The Brave, New World of Seminary Education

What to do about the seminaries? CC0 Public Domain via Pixabay Theological education faces a...

January 2016

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 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...

November 2015

November 17, 2015

God Couldn’t Stop the Terrorist Attacks in Paris, Tom Oord Says

It's become fashionable in academic theology circles to refuse to speculate on God's role in...

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