By Garwood Anderson, professor of New Testament at Nashotah House, and author of a new book on Paul: Paul’s New Perspective: Charting a Soteriological Journey (and it’s not a new perspective perspective). I’m an evangelical (I think I am) surrounded by former and might-be evangelicals. An enduring question for at least some of us is whether we still think of ourselves as evangelicals — what is gained and lost in doing so. And that question is actually two questions disguised... Read more
The final four theses in chapter six of Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science focus on the role of Adam and Eve in human history. First – humans are fallen. It is important that we do not read too much from later theological developments and categories into the story (this would violate the principle of respect for the original ancient Near Eastern context), but neither should we ignore the disobedience of this pair. Scot McKnight covers many... Read more
At the core of Greg Boyd’s cruciform hermeneutic in the Bible is a theory of divine accommodation to the sinful realities of God’s own people, Israel. We find this discussed at length in chp 14 of The Crucifixion of the Warrior God. His opening salvo in this chp concerns divine accommodations, and here are some of his major ideas: If the missionary ever hopes to have the tribe eventually embrace the gospel and abandon their inhumane customs [he is speaking of... Read more
CHICAGO — A WGN News exclusive — Steve Bartman has received an official Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Championship ring as a special gift from the Ricketts family and the Cubs organization…. “On behalf of the entire Chicago Cubs organization, we are honored to present a 2016 World Series Championship Ring to Mr. Steve Bartman,” the Cubs told WGN in a statement. “We hope this provides closure on an unfortunate chapter of the story that has perpetuated throughout our quest to... Read more
By Sarah Ago “She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy.” (Proverbs 31:20). I sit with her as she weeps over the trauma-heavy stories of women in her care. I dream with her as we look for land for her growing ministry. I hear the confusion in her voice as she describes Western ministries who claim they can solve all her problems without understanding her culture. I cry with her at the grave of... Read more
So James Bryan Smith in the first volume of his new series, The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness and Truth. James Bryan Smith, whom I consider one of North America’s leading voices on spiritual formation, directs The Apprentice Institute in Wichita KS and his program is connected to Northern Seminary’s DMin program in spiritual formation. I have myself participated in their program for three years and I come away blessed each time. Smith’s new series takes its cue... Read more
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. BCP Read more
Larry Parsley, Joe Maddon, and Mockingbird: In Tom Verducci’s entertaining book, The Cub’s Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse, he describes an incident very early in skipper Joe Maddon’s career. In 1986, Maddon was managing the Double-A Midland Angels in Texas. They were a bad team who had just suffered another bad loss. Maddon was apoplectic. He found a newspaper stand, purchased a variety of papers, and began cutting out the classified ads.... Read more
By John Frye “The theologian’s best ally is the artist. …We must see the imagination as an aspect of ministry. What we’re really talking about is creativity. We’re participating in something that God is doing. He is creating new life. He created life and he’s been creating life. How does the creative process work? The people who attend to that question most frequently are writers, artists, sculptors, musicians. …I think if I were going to set up a seminary curriculum,... Read more
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