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March 2015

March 15, 2015
As I said in my first post in this series, my knowledge of open theism...

February 2015

February 02, 2015
Perhaps to the clear-eyed angelThere was nothing in the word he brought but glory:Infinite splendor...

January 2015

January 15, 2015
Boyd's antagonist throughout his two volumes of "warfare theology" is something he calls the "blueprint...

December 2014

December 08, 2014
Boyd's "warfare theology" rests on a doctrine of creation as an act whereby God gives...
December 04, 2014
Conservatives are fond of saying that one shouldn't "immanentize the eschaton." What else, I ask,...

November 2014

November 13, 2014
The first of Boyd's two books on "warfare theology,"  God at War, focuses primarily on the...
November 13, 2014
A few things that jump out at me from reading Isaiah in Hebrew (I'm on...

October 2014

October 21, 2014
One of the major theological controversies in the evangelical world in the past couple of...

August 2014

August 23, 2014
Rodney Stark is one of the foremost living sociologists of religion. His 2000 book Acts...

June 2014

June 26, 2014
OK, since no one (except Stephen Milliken) is excited about monism, here are some theses...
June 22, 2014
Stephen Milliken, who provoked my first post on monism, pointed out that I never actually...

March 2014

March 05, 2014
Traditional spiritual disciplines and the observance of the liturgical year have been making a comeback...

January 2014

January 14, 2014
A friend and former student recently asked me what to think about "monism." Is it...
January 01, 2014
Yes, it is still Christmas until January 6.This raises a possible solution to the whole...

September 2013

September 16, 2013
This post arises from a discussion I've been having online with Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong....

August 2013

August 25, 2013
According to Aulen, the "classic" view is superior to both the later Latin theories in...

June 2013

June 03, 2013
As I was writing about the Rob Bell controversy a couple of years ago, it...
June 03, 2013
As I was writing about the Rob Bell controversy a couple of years ago, it...

August 2012

August 07, 2012
Two days ago a gunman killed six Sikhs at their place of worship in Oak...

July 2012

July 16, 2012
Ross Douthat published an article this past weekend in the NYT called "Can Liberal Christianity...

October 2011

October 15, 2011
I just returned from the second day of our diocesan convention, which this year featured...

June 2011

June 18, 2011
Over the past few years, I've been watching a lot of early movies in more...
June 15, 2011
It may seem somewhat improper to review a book by my wife, but hey, she...

March 2011

March 18, 2011
The most thorough and widely touted refutation of Love Wins is a lengthy review by...
March 15, 2011
Here's a review of Rob Bell's Love Wins. First of all, I had never read...
March 12, 2011
The evangelical world seems to be in a tizzy about a book that almost no...

July 2010

July 27, 2010
A year or two ago, on my friend Chris Armstrong's blog (Grateful to the Dead),...

March 2010

March 15, 2010
Yet again I return to this blog after a very long absence (the longest yet)....

January 2008

January 22, 2008
You’re St. Justin Martyr!You have a positive and hopeful attitude toward the world. You think...
January 18, 2008
It seriously puzzles me. OK, he's no doubt a competent administrator. But who cares how...
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