Not the Book I Expected: A Review of We Confess! for SpeakEasy Bloggers
We Confess!: The Civil War, the South, and the Church by Deborah Brunt WestBow Press. 266 pp. I’ve now lived in the South longer than I lived in the Midwest,…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #134: Cain
General Introduction – Nathan levels up! – Listener feedback – Christian naturism – Rogers, Rogers everywhere – Telos and Matthew 5:48 – Christian college and losing one’s faith – The…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 7.2: Jesus Feminist
Knowing Reception What is a Jesus Feminist? Foreword by Rachel Held Evans Reading Tone and structure Paul and silence Female community and spiritual midwives Marriage and mutual submission Experiencing God…
What Do You See?: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 13 April 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 April 2014 (Palm Sunday, Year A) Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 • Matthew 21:1-11 When they were merely a story, a rumor of a movement up north, I…
Deconstruction on the Way to the Kingdom: A Review of The Gospel and the Mind
The Gospel and the Mind: Recovering and Shaping the Intellectual Life by Bradley G. Green Crossway. 181 pp. 16.99 Sometimes folks who have recently learned about the synoptic gospels’ emphasis…
Out of the Graves: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 April 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 April 2014 (Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A) Ezekiel 37:1-14 • Psalm 130 • Romans 8:6-11 • John 11:1-45 Ezekiel 37 is a text that I could preach more different…
Freshman Composition, Service Learning, and Required Chapel
Some time ago (too long, really), our friend Todd Pedlar sent along a link to an interesting article about recent trends in Freshman Composition, “Look What Freshman Composition Has Become.” …
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 7.1: The Year of Biblical Womanhood
Knowing “complementarian” vs “egalitarian” How this book is set up and why The Vaginagate controversy Reception and reviews: muddying the waters in a positive way? Reading A quick (okay, not…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 6.2: The Evangelical Adoption Movement
Knowing Biblical precedence or mandate for adoption: The story of Moses; James 1:27, Deuteronomy 10:18 Recent church-led focus on the practice and the “orphan crisis” A decline in international adoptions…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #130: A C.S. Lewis Overview
A note: You may notice a marked difference in tone between the General Introduction and the rest of the episode. This is because they were recorded on two different days.…
Sin-Questions: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 9 March 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 March 2014 (First Sunday of Lent, Year A) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 • Psalm 32 • Romans 5:12-19 • Matthew 4:1-11 In N.T. Wright’s The New Testament and…
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…
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…