Heroes, Villains, and [Meta-]Narratives
Have I mentioned lately that I really enjoy my job? As James K.A. Smith has recently noted on Twitter, his job (mine is very similar) is such that he receives…
Memory, Theory, English Departments, and Christian Education
Professing Literature: An Institutional History by Gerald Graff Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education by Edward Farley I’m not sure how other folks entered into self-awareness of their…
Metamorphosis: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 2 March 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 March 2014 (Transfiguration Sunday, Year A) Exodus 24:12-18 • Psalm 2 or Psalm 99 • 2 Peter 1:16-21 • Matthew 17:1-9 Obviously we should celebrate the Resurrection every year with a Sunday…
House of Cards: A Tragedy for Our Moment
Opining about House of Cards is a cottage industry of sorts these days, so I must endeavor here to say something you good folks couldn’t read elsewhere. So I advance this hunch:…
Temple of God: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 23 February 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 23 February 2014 (7th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 • Psalm 119:33-40 • 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 • Matthew 5:38-48 This will be another Sunday where I…
That You May Dwell: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 16 February 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 16 February 2014 (Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20 • Psalm 119:1-8 • 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 • Matthew 5:21-37 I enjoy preaching the Old Testament. I’ve certainly…
Revisiting the Postmodern: Some Thoughts on Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition
Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge I honestly don’t know how often I had heard the term “postmodern” before 1996, but it was on a visit back…
“Everything Is Propaganda”?: Some Ongoing Conversation
If you don’t listen to the Theology Nerd Throwdown from Homebrewed Christianity, you’re missing out on a fun podcast. The main Homebrewed Christianity podcast, an interview program, remains the flagship…
BrueggeBlog 8: It’s All Interpretation
Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy God-Verbs The Gospel of Plurality Theological Dialectics My Creatio ex Nihilo Copout First to the Jews, then to the Nations Mediation and Dispute and Authority It’s All…
God’s People and Our Sins: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 9 February 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 February 2014 (Fifth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) • Psalm 112:1-9 (10) • 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) • Matthew 5:13-20 N.T. Wright has taught…
Brueggeblog 7: Mediation and Dispute and Authority
Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy God-Verbs The Gospel of Plurality Theological Dialectics My Creatio ex Nihilo Copout First to the Jews, then to the Nations Mediation and Dispute and Authority It’s All…
The Notes Are There: A Review of Resurrection City by Peter Goodwin Heltzel for SpeakEasy Bloggers
Resurrection City: A Theology of Improvisation. by Mark Goodwin Heltzel 200 pp. Eerdmans. 25.00. I was never a great saxophone player, but I was about as good as one could…
The Foolishness of God: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 2 February 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 February 2014 (Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Micah 6:1-8 • Psalm 15 • 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 • Matthew 5:1-12 Language can certainly be a strange phenomenon sometimes. In…
One Christ: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 26 January 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 26 January 2014 (Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C) Isaiah 9:1-4 • Psalm 27:1, 4-9 • 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 • Matthew 4:12-23 I’ll go ahead and lead with a confession:…
BrueggeBlog 6: First to the Jews, then to the Nations
Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy Okay, so I left a bit of a gap between posts 5 and 6. Sorry about that. For the sake of those…