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The Mystery of Christ by John Behr (Review)
John Behr is quickly vaulting to the top of my favorite theologians list. His book The Mystery of Christ is brilliant. Behr argues that the way forward, in our post-modern context, is to recover the patristic (premodern) way of doing theology. In this we look at the whole of scripture through the passion of Jesus.…
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The Lamb of the Nonviolent God (Book thoughts)
This week I finished Sergius Bulgakov’s The Lamb of God as well as J. Denny Weaver’s The Nonviolent God. As someone who appreciates both Orthodox theology (Bulgakov) and Anabaptist theology (Weaver) it was interesting to read these books at the same time. They are quite different. Bulgakov’s is heavy and challenging, its a weighty tome…
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Is God Violent? Reading the Bible Through a Jesus-Shaped Lens (Story of Scripture 8.5)
Listen to the podcast. Its my longest one so far (29 minutes!) and probably more fun to listen to than to read. But if you’d rather read, here’s the script: Intro Hello and welcome to the Ancient Pathways Podcast. We are going through the story of scripture, from God’s creation through to the call of…
Partakers of the Life Divine: Participation in the Divine Nature in the Writings of Charles Wesley by S.T. Kimbrough Jr. (Review)
My life in the Christian Church and among Christian churches has been kind of all over the place. I have noticed though, that this is kind of the norm for Protestant Christians in America. We who grew up in the evangelical subculture were more bound together by Veggietales cartoons and CCM music than any denomination…
God, Sexuality and the Self by Sarah Coakley (Review)
This is everything a work of theology should be and upon completing this book, Sarah Coakley has valued into my list of favorite theologians (yes, people like me have such lists). Granted, I have not read any of her other work, but I am looking forward to reading more. At the very least, I hope…
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#1 – The Christian Imagination by Willie James Jennings (My Top Ten 2020 Reads)
This may be the most important theology book I have read in a long time. If I was to recommend one theology book to pastors and teachers to read right now, it would be this one. Jennings argues the Christian imagination is deficient and he traces the roots of this to the dawn of modernity.…
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#10 Julian of Norwich, Theology by Denys Turner (My Top Ten Reads for 2020)
Beginning the countdown of my top ten books is some historical theology! A study of the wonderful Julian of Norwich is my #10 while a study of the illustrious Maximus the Confessor gets an honorable mention.
I Believe Systemic Racism Because of My Theology (Christianity, Nationalism and White Supremacy 4).
Growing up, I was always taught I was a wretched sinner. Uplifting message for a four-year-old, right? But there was good news. Though I was a sinner, there was forgiveness available in Jesus! Jesus had died on the cross for my sins and your sins and everyone’s sins. All we had to do was believe…
The Dragon in the Room (Christianity, Nationalism and White Supremacy Part 1)
White supremacy and Nationalism are the Dragon in the room of White Christianity in America.
