May 15, 2006

Just how important is Romans? Let me try to express it with a few choice theologians whose lives and thinking were deeply shaped by Romans. This will set the stage for a series this summer on Romans where I will especially focus on working through N.T. Wright’s commentary on “Romans” in The Interpreter’s Bible Commentary. |inline Read more

May 15, 2006

Gene Appel’s sermon at Willow last night was a thorough defense of women in ministry and I thought it was fantastic. The talk combined three themes: Mother’s Day, The DaVinci Code’s theory that women threaten the Church, and the ministry of women in the current churches. |inline Read more

May 15, 2006

Kris and I drove over to Freeport, IL, where we grew up (together) and where our moms live. My mom recently broke her ankle in more than one place, had screws, pins and wires at work to mend the foot, and is just now starting to be able to walk around with a walker but still hasn’t any yen for getting all dressed up for anything. We stopped first at Kris’ mom, where Kris’ sister had planted some flowers and... Read more

May 14, 2006

Kris, you are a wonderful mother and I can think of many reasons, not the least of which is that you are always insightful as a mother and therefore wisely loving and caring. But, how about this as the first reason: |inline Read more

May 14, 2006

I have to admit it, I think the gown from the University of Nottingham is one of the more notable graduation gowns to be seen. Some of my colleagues rent a gown from a rental company, but most have purchased the gown from their respective university. Some are very noticeable: the purple gowns of Northwestern, the scarlet from Loyola, and the black with trim outfits that most universities opt for. But, every year I get a dozen or so parents... Read more

May 13, 2006

Kris and I saved our shekels so we could go back to Italy, and in about two weeks we will be off to Milan. A day in Bellagio in the Lake Cuomo district; then a week in the Cinque Terra. We do our best to keep life on an even keel, so we normally do lots of things in advance. Really, I should say Kris does things in advance and I just keep on doing what I keep on doing.... Read more

May 13, 2006

For an early preview of the cover of a book I haven’t written, see Purgatorio. Thanks Marc. Church and State: Read this speech by the President at Cornell. (HT: Duane Young) |inline Read more

May 12, 2006

Last night I was on a panel on a nationally-televised program with Total Living Network. Jerry Rose, the omnicompetent and tireless President, interviewed art historian, Doug Adams, and a near complete endorser of Dan Brown’s theory, Vincent Bridges. Included were William Phipps, famous for his early 1970s book Was Jesus Married?, and Josh McDowell, famous for his Evidence That Demands a Verdict, which was staple diet for my generation in evidential apologetics. |inline Read more

May 12, 2006

The blog yesterday about my desk and what I thought was clutter, but which I’ve now learned was quite tidy, generated a question: How to mark the books I read? Well, that’s a good one because I’ve given it more thought than I should. Hope you have fun with this one. |inline Read more

May 12, 2006

In this last post on Brian McLaren’s The Secret Message of Jesus we will look at his last four chapters. Essentially our conversation today begins by asking if the kingdom is all-inclusive or are there borders? “Can any meaningful kingdom, including the kingdom of God, exist with no boundaries, no outside?” (163). Is there a more emerging question? |inline Read more


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