Jesus Creed
Tomorrow morning, at 6:00am, Paraclete will announce at this site a special deal on my new book, Praying with the Church (the “candle book”). “Deal” as in “free.” Read more
Tomorrow morning, at 6:00am, Paraclete will announce at this site a special deal on my new book, Praying with the Church (the “candle book”). “Deal” as in “free.” Read more
Because of chest pain and a very high blood pressure reading on Friday morning, Bob went to the emergency room at Mercy Medical in Canton. From there he was life-flighted to the Cleveland Clinic, where doctors determined that there was no immediate emergency and focused on reducing his blood pressure. |inline Read more
If you are looking for a book that explains in clear and simple prose what postmodernity is all about, and how it intersects between theology and philosophy, I’ve got the book for you: John Caputo’s Philosophy and Theology caught me off guard. Tim West, at Abingdon, sent me this book with a note that he thought I’d enjoy it. Enjoy? Hardly. I loved this little book. |inline Read more
In light of my work on a book on atonement and then, on top of that, the CT article I wandered into, it might be good to look at some terms. My big point in many of my comments over the last few months is this: penal substitution, as a categorical theory for atonement, is inadequate. Terms: |inline Read more
If truth be told, many of us are not happy about our prayer life — its intensity, its duration, its stimulation, its discipline, its effectiveness — and the list could go on. There are statistics out there even about how little time pastors spend in prayer. One of those secret topics among Christians is the prayer life. What to do? |inline Read more
The Lutheran church across the street from us has an annual Easter weekend custom: on Good Friday they station Roman soldiers outside the grave, they stay there all weekend, and then on Easter morning Jesus gets up from the grave and walks outside. Here are the soldiers guarding the tomb on Holy Saturday. |inline Read more
From Byron Harvey’s blog: The No Kool Aid Zone. |inline Read more
Last week I got to class and one of my students, Julie, simply asked this question: “Did your wife see you before you left?” At that point I knew that I was wearing something totally unacceptable. “Yes,” I said. Well, when I got home I realized she had not seen my feet. It turns out, and the entirety of two classes agreed, that one is not to wear sandals with socks. What do you think? |inline Read more
My name is Bryan and I read your blog regularly (I’ve only commented a couple of times). I noticed you posting on the immigration situation (I read the one you posted today). I was wondering if you’ve read Bob Ekblad’s book Reading the Bible with the Damned? |inline Read more
On the news last night I heard that VP Cheney and his wife made 8.8 million last year, and gave away to charity almost 7 million. CNN Story. Congrats to the VP! Story of a young man as told by Jim Martin, and then get to his main page and read the one about learning about grace. |inline Read more
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