Revised Common Lectionary Page for 10 July 2011 (Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Genesis 25:19-34 and Psalm 119:105-112 •Isaiah 55:10-13 and Psalm 65:(1-8), 9-13 •Romans 8:1-11 •Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23…

Mike Tyson Slept Here by Chris Huntington 201 pp. Boaz Publishing $14.95 First off, don’t refresh your browser–this is Nathan Gilmour writing a review of contemporary American literary fiction.  Yes,…

Chris Gehrz of CWC the Radio Show joins the blog scene The role of the humanities in the university and why we’ve failed Two visions of democracy and why one…

On the Verge: A Journey into the Apostolic Future of the Church by Alan Hirsch and Dave Ferguson 366 pp. $19.99  Zondervan Perhaps, at their roots, all church planters have…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 July 2011 (Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 and Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13 •Zechariah 9:9-12 and Psalm 145:8-14 •Romans 7:15-25a…

Tripp Fuller issues a manifesto on seminary education. Did you hear the one about the Hegelian who went to Saint Louis? An encomium for Stanley Fish The science of self-control…

Working with Words: On Learning to Speak Christian by Stanley Hauerwas 295 pp.  $37.00 Cascade Books I often review books that publishers and book-review Internet books send my way, but…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 19 June 2011 (Trinity Sunday, Year A) Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Psalm 8 •2 Corinthians 13:11-13 •Matthew 28:16-20 This will be a brief post because I’m…

Due to VBS ramping up at Athens Christian Church this week and Nathan Gilmour’s traveling north (where Internet time is even more limited than it tends to be at home),…

Alright, folks.  I said we should have one, so I’ve written one!  Since our readership is more given to the oldies and the goodies than the latest and greatest, here…

God loves Black people, and so should the Church. God loves heroin addicts, and so should the Church. God loves Capitalists, and so should the Church. God loves those who…

I really enjoy bringing well-known texts and doctrines into larger historical contexts when I teach Sunday school, largely because in my own experience knowing about the texts and other realities…

In recent months a feature in the New York Times, followed by an announcement by certain alumni of Wheaton College, have drawn attention to student groups at Christian colleges dedicated…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 5 June 2011 (Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 1:6-14 •Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 •1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 •John 17:1-11 The texts of the New…

Going Victorian and Getting Medieval (H/T Chris Armstrong) While Emergent continues wax liberal, Missional issues a conservative manifesto. A defense of academic specialization in the humanities One more take on…