Last night, Courtney and I watched Downton Abbey. I find it little more than a soap opera in tuxes, but I enjoy it. However, what we both commented on at the end was that, thanks to its airing on public television, we were able to watch a two-hour show, uninterrupted, with nary a commercial. Same goes for other great shows in recent memory, like The Wire and The Sopranos (both on HBO). Be it a donation or subscription, viewers are... Read more
The limericks about theologians that were proffered a couple weeks back were nothing short of AMAZING! Below are the three winners of the Theologian Trading Cards, with signed copies. But there’s a consolation prize, too, so read on… (more…) Read more
In case you took that last couple weeks off of blog-reading, here are the most popular Theoblogy posts over the holidays: Theoblogy Book of the Year A Parable (That Really Happened) Top Theoblogy Posts of 2012 Read more
For the past several years, I’ve appeared on Doug Pagitt Radio to make my annual predictions for the upcoming year in religion. You can judge my prognostication abilities for yourself: 2012 Predictions 2011 Predictions 2010 Predictions Looking back, it seems that I’m batting about .500. Not bad (for a baseball player). So, without further ado, here are my predictions for the Year in Religion 2013: (more…) Read more
Some interesting items in the news last Sunday. Rose French wrote a profile of the semi-retiring John Piper, in which Your Favorite Blogger was quoted: Tony Jones, a theologian-in-residence at Solomon’s Porch church in Minneapolis, is one of Piper’s frequent critics. “I don’t think the fundamental nature of God is wrath at human sin,” Jones said. “I’m not going to say God isn’t disappointed by human sin … but at the very core of Piper’s theological vision is that God’s... Read more
This week’s Question That Haunts comes from Tanya: I have a question about evil. Basically, what is it? When people say “evil” do they just mean really, really bad? The shootings in Sandy Hook are “evil,” passing a bad check is just bad. No? How does this work? Is this something where knowing the Greek or Hebrew words for “evil” will let you in on something? Leave your answer below and I’ll proffer an answer on Friday. Read more
Theoblogibles: You, dear readers, had these characteristics in 2012: Browsers 25% of you use Chrome (good choice!) 23% use Safari (yay Mac!) 20% use Firefox (meh) 13% use IE (hi Mom!) Geography 81% of you are in the U.S. – the leading states are California, Texas, Minnesota (hi Mom!), Illinois, and New York. Next on the list of countries are Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and South Africa. We had one visitor from Turkmenistan (more…) Read more
Time to look back on the posts that generated the most pageviews this year. But before I get to that, here are the top posts from some previous years: 2004-2006: [I did not keep stats] 2007: Rejected by Wheaton 2008-2009: [The lost years – aka, Beliefnet] 2010: Is Sojourners for Straights Only? 2011: What’s Up with Rob Bell? And now, the top posts of 2012: (more…) Read more
Of the videos I uploaded to my YouTube Channel in 2012, this one got far and away the most views: (more…) Read more
1. “The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of both poverty and wealth is community.” -Jürgen #Moltmann 10 Apr 12 2. If only the church could shut down unsuccessful programs quickly and without regret like Apple did with Ping and Google did with Wave. 1 Oct 12 3. Legally recognize Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group. wh.gov/RI5h 16 Dec 12 4. “My hosanna has passed through a great furnace of doubts.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky 17 Oct 12 5. “The church is not a doctrine or a system or an... Read more
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