Here’s a clip from a wonderful post by Nancy Beach: Years ago, I discovered a principle in friendship that I have tried to live out ever since. It’s the Just Show Up principle – when your friends lose a loved one, are in the hospital, or experience any major storm in life, don’t wonder if you should be there, don’t ask them over the phone what you can do to help, just show up. I learned the hard way, by taking my... Read more
O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves as he is pure; that, when he comes again with power and great glory, we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and... Read more
This review is by one deeply involved in the subject of this book, Tony Jones. Enjoy. Imagine, if you will, that you’re writing your dissertation on left-handed hitters in baseball. The subjects of your study have widely varied approaches to hitting, but they are all among the best in the majors: Joe Mauer, Ichiro Suzuki, David Ortiz, and Josh Hamilton. But here’s the thing: your entire PhD dissertation is based on what they’ve written and said about their own swings. ... Read more
Kris and I are in Manheim PA — Lancaster County! William James: a summary of his famous lectures. (HT: JT) Rachel’s letter: from an Arminian to young Calvinists: “I share all this with you not to pick a fight but to plead for a truce. As a new generation preparing to tackle the age-old debate about predestination and free will, our positions don’t have to change but our attitudes can. We can criticize one another’s interpretations of the Bible without assuming... Read more
… breakin’ my heart. Gotta love this one. Read more
I’m following very closely the apparently new emphasis at Sojourner’s. What I’m seeing, and it seems but glimpsed in this post today from Jim Wallis, is a new direction or a new summons. It appears to me that Wallis will be calling his readers and his network to consider less advocacy for a party or a President, though I can’t see Jim ever backing down from speaking into the Establishment, and much more concentration on forming a movement that will... Read more
Baker Academic has made the offer, and I’m glad they are doing this (the offer is at their Facebook page). Here it is: Confused or curious about the historical Jesus? It’s time to get some answers from a luminary in the field. Dale Allison, author of the new book Constructing Jesus, has agreed to answer a few questions on the historical Jesus from our Facebook friends. So, submit a question. Three of the best questions will be passed to Dale... Read more
I had hoped to get a post up about evangelicalism today, a third in our series, but I’m still sorting an idea or two out so I’m delaying that post. But … With one of our routine commenters and sometimes blogger, David Opderbeck, we routinely encounter that rare combination of an evangelical thinker who embraces the powerhouse theologians in the mainlines. He’s as likely to quote Brueggemann or Barth as Stott or CT. Many evangelicals run around with stereotypes of... Read more
This year yields a bumper crop of books analyzing American religious traditions, and I’ll avoid listing the books, but it began with Christian Smith and Patricia Snell, led to Bradley Wright’s book, Kenda Creasy Dean’s study of young adult faith, and now we find Robert Putnam and David Campbell, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, who offer a macroscopic and excellent study. Pastors and leaders have no reason now not to know what’s going on. One of the... Read more
We want to thank the good folks out there who are sponsoring children at Mabanteneni in Swaziland through HopeChest. Wow, we’ve got only one child left, and through the Jesus Creed community we have sponsored 24 children! Will you consider supporting Mabanteneni’s community of orphans and pastors and Go-Gos who care for the local kids? (Please click and check out the kids.) If you click on the link, you will see just one child who remains to be sponsored. I... Read more
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