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This is a pretty stunning video on Oscar Romero.  

Many times Augustine is accused of hating embodied life, seeking to flee into a Neoplatonic bliss of dis-incarnate life.  This is not the case because the Incarnation showed that it is sin which is evil, and not the substance or nature of flesh…He showed also that death itself, though it is the penalty of sin […]

St. Augustine, City of God, 11.2. God “established and founded this faith, that man might find a way to man’s God through God made man.  For this is ‘the Mediator between God and man: the man Christ Jesus’.  For it is as man that He is the Mediator and the Way. If there is a way […]

I have resisted doing this, but now that I’m writing the last chapter of my dissertation, and needed to title that chapter, I thought that I would go through and rework all my chapter titles as things have shifted a little (or a lot) since writing my proposal.  So here is my working table of […]

So it has been awhile since I’ve recently posted here. But that’s not because I’m doing nothing. Actually I’m up to a lot, all of which keeps me from posting. I finished up “Prodigal Christianity” last summer with David Fitch, and now Im furiously writing my dissertation (to be finished hopefully in January). But I’m […]

I‘m looking to hire some staff.  Let me know if you are interested.  I don’t ask for much…just your souls!

I’m working on the Gospel chapter of the book I’m writing with Fitch, and it reminded me of this summary of “justification by faith” that I wrote up a bit ago, trying to relate it to Slavoj Zizek’s political theology.  I’m reposting because, well, back when I wrote it Facebook and Twitter didn’t even exist, […]

(Below is an micro-interview (called the sevens) of me by AJ Swoboda about missional theology. Below is a short explanation and my responses.  But see the entire post for more.) What are the Sevens interviews? Sevens are a unique series of micro-interviews, conducted and published on the blog of A. J. Swoboda, that seek to […]

So next week I’ll be teaching my first of two section of “Biblical and Theological Foundations of Ministry” at Northern Seminary. It is a week long intensive for their Doctor of Ministry program. I’m really excited and a little nervous. And if you are wondering why I’m not blogging much, well that is the reason. […]