Jesus Creed
So, we remind ourselves from yesterday, what are we to make of Colossians in a postmodern world if Colossians is a worldview text? Another piece of the puzzle we find in Walsh and Keesmaat, Colossians Remixed. |inline Read more
So, we remind ourselves from yesterday, what are we to make of Colossians in a postmodern world if Colossians is a worldview text? Another piece of the puzzle we find in Walsh and Keesmaat, Colossians Remixed. |inline Read more
I didn’t know Brian McLaren, in Everything Must Change, would answer the question that I have been asking of his writings for three years. Here is the question: If Kingdom was Jesus’ answer, what was the question being asked? Or, if kingdom is the solution, what was the problem? Brian’s answering of this question, in chp 10, is worth the price of the book for I think this chp brings exceptional clarity to McLaren’s “theology of action.” |inline Read more
Now brewing at our home, Ictus Fair Trade coffee — Cafe de Chiapas. Great aroma and taste. Anyone else know this coffee? We got it when we were in Denmark, and — yes — we’ve got a holding pattern on bags of coffee in our freezer. We could probably use a little more information about the value of fair trade coffee. Read more
“Regimes of truth” and the “word of truth” is the subject of chp 6 in Walsh and Keesmaat, Colossians Remixed. The chp begins with this statement: “The Colossian Christians had trouble on both sides. To many Jews they were heretics, and to the empire they were seditious” (96). |inline Read more
Tony, coming into Sunday night’s game I was worried the Bears could lose game after game, but now I’m not so sure. I suggest you get the Purple People Eaters up there to get themselves good and ready for a rejuvenated and healing Bears team. Pizza’s on me if we lose! Read more
OK, let’s chat about the Cubs. My first comment: we got into the playoffs; we had a good year, much better than last year. This series exposed the same weaknesses the Cubs had all year. What were they? Read more
Part two of my interview with Brad Nassif on orthodoxy and evangelicalism. Read more
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,... Read more
Fans everywhere are cheering for the Cubs: in Cincinnati and in Thailand! |inline Read more
We part company today with a new friend, Tracy Balzer, who in her Thin Places has instructed us and led our conversation about Celtic spirituality. I’ve enjoyed this book and hope you have as well. And what better way to end than for her to offer up two early thoughts: |inline Read more
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