This bit of musical satire emerged from the course on Paul and the Early Church that I taught this semester. Some may just get a kick out of it, but others may be truly happy to have a Biblical alternative to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Either way, I hope you enjoy it! [Read more…]
Relation and Ontology in Paul’s Chris(t)ology
December 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I thought this was a particularly important statement in Benjamin Edsall’s review of Chris Tilling’s book, Paul’s Divine Christology: Tilling objects, rightly, to getting hung up on ontological questions in Paul’s Christology, and he spends the majority of the book discussing the Christ-relation and arguing that it has certain important structural parallels with a “typical” Jewish God-relation. Nonetheless, [Read More…]
Which Paul Are You?
November 17, 2014 by 7 Comments
A couple of students in my class on Paul and his letters this semester have made a Buzzfeed-style quiz of the kind that you have surely seen circulating on Facebook and elsewhere. Click here to take it and find out which understanding of Paul the apostle matches you! [Read more…]
N. T. Wright on Paul and the Invention of Christian Theology
November 15, 2014 by 4 Comments
Via Mark Goodacre’s NT Blog [Read more…]
A Polite Bribe Q and A at Butler University
November 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I was delighted that Robert Orlando was able to come to Butler to make a guest appearance in my class on Paul and the early church, and then participate in a Q&A session after we showed his movie “Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe.” Perry Kea of the University of Indianapolis also participated in the Q&A, and [Read More…]
A Polite Bribe at Butler University
November 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A Polite Bribe: See the Movie, Meet the Filmmaker A showing of the critically-acclaimed film “A Polite Bribe” by Robert Orlando will take place onThursday, November 13, at 7pm, in Gallahue Hall, room 108. The showing will be followed by a Q&A discussion, featuring Robert Orlando himself, together with Dr. James F. McGrath of Butler’s Department [Read More…]
Saul of TARDIS
October 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Someone recently heard me make reference to “Saul of Tarsus” and they thought I said “Saul of TARDIS.” I supposed talking so often about the New Testament and also Doctor Who, the two are bound to blur together. I’d love to see an image made that brings Paul the apostle and the TARDIS together under [Read More…]
Help Paul Find His Friends
October 2, 2014 by 1 Comment
A student in my Paul class is making a Facebook profile for Paul the Apostle. And since I sent “him” a friend request, I recently saw this greeting me on Facebook: [Read more…]
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