Knowledge vs. Truth: A Cry for Help
As many of our readers know, this is my first semester teaching at a Christian college, and I find myself less prepared than I expected to be. I am mostly…
Episode #56: Civil Wars
General Introduction – Comparing offices – What’s on the blog? – Listener feedback – Punching the tar baby Absalom, Absalom! – The roots of civil war in incest – Popular…
Prophets and Punchlines: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 18 September 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 18 September 2011 (14th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Exodus 16:2-15 and Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 • Jonah 3:10-4:11 and Psalm 145:1-8 • Philippians 1:21-30 • Matthew 20:1-16 I…
How many links does it take to get to the center of a Tera-pop?
Yes, I know we’re stretching now. And the title is all Nathan Gilmour’s fault. Eight decidedly rotten sermon introductions Yet another insightful lecture on political philosophy from Patrick Deneen Chris…
The Complexity of What to Wear: A Non-Response to "The T-Shirt Aristocracy"
“The T-Shirt Aristocracy” by David Schantz This little piece appeared in The Christian Standard, my tradition’s weekly magazine, a few weeks ago, but I’ve just now taken the time to…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #55: The Enlightenment 101
General Introduction – Is Nathan a Quaker? – What’s on the blog? – How to read the Great Books on your own Historicize! Historicize! – Where did the Renaissance leave…
You Meant Evil: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 11 September 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 11 September 2011 (13th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Exodus 14:19-31 and Psalm 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21 • Genesis 50:15-21 and Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13 • Romans…
Labor Day Services?
I’ve got a few quick questions for our readers: Did your congregation do anything to honor organized labor in yesterday’s services? Did your congregation to anything to honor military personnel…
It don't mean a think if it ain't got that link
Yet another critique of the twenty-first century English department Humorously condensed literary classics. Good life advice: Stop giving a hundred percent!
Liberal Theology Makes Me Want to Go Catholic: A Review of Kissing Fish for Speakeasy Bloggers
Kissing Fish: Christianity for People who Don’t Like Christianity by Roger Wolsey 393 pp. Xlibris. $19.99 Certain books stand out in my mind less as conversation partners and more as…
C.S. Lewis in Church: An Episode 54 Followup
In the anthology of C.S. Lewis’s writings published with the title God in the Dock, we find this interesting tidbit, which may be something of an answer to my speculative…
Postliberal and Progressive: A Primer from a Postliberal English Teacher
Lately a number of conversations around the God-bl0g-o-sphere have caught my attention, and all of them seem to take their impetus from the notion that theologians in the twenty-first century…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #54: Brains in the Body
General Introduction – Facebook feedback – The podcast gains sentience – The return of CWC – Homebrewed Christianity A Practical Topic – Where do intellectuals fit into a local congregation?…
How Should We Then Live?: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 4 September 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 4 September 2011 (12th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Exodus 12:1-14 and Psalm 149 • Ezekiel 33:7-11 and Psalm 119:33-40 • Romans 13:8-14 • Matthew 18:15-20 That I…
How Should We Then Link?
The Moviegoer turns fifty. The decline and fall of the Borders Empire. Resources for teaching introductory philosophy (Gilmour is so going to use the Gadfly Experiment next time he teaches…