Geoffrey HolsclawSo on Sunday I was finally tagged with an “Ice Bucket Challenge”. But on Saturday I came across this video by actor Orlando Jones, who “thinks there’s one “disease” that needs more awareness. It’s one “disease” that happens to dispropotionately affect black people” (via Root, read the entire artcile here). You can see him interviewed about […]
Larry Hurtado offers some wise words about “Scholarly work and the blogosphere”: “If you do want to engage the issues, you’re just going to have to do some serious reading . . . in books, and articles, and in the original sources on which scholarly work is based. The Internet and the “blogosphere” hasn’t really […]
For the poor you will always have with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish: but you will not always have me. (Mark 14:7) From crude realism to hopeless resignation, this quote from Jesus is confusing at best and disheartening at worst. What? So poverty and inequality are just a fact […]
Must READ: Christianity Today posts a reflection from a Mosul Christian enduring the resent upheaval. CT has changed its logo to include the Arabic letter (n), used by ISIS to mark Christian homes in Iraq. For some context on what is happening in Mosul: After 2000 Years the Last Christian is Forced to Leave Mosul. […]
From my new post over at Missio Alliance: Where Is The Church? In conclusion, I ask, “Where is the church reflected in a list like this?”, especially if it is to represent the future leaders of the church. In reading this article most of those listed come off as completely churchless (which for many is […]
I am worried about the rising popularity of Bonhoeffer in the United States. Very worried. I’m worried not because of his theology, or his political views, or his activism. I’m worried because so many people are interested in him…so many different people. Some people laud him for his non-violent pacifism, and other for his violent […]
Tim Challies ended a recent post criticizing the practice of Lectio Divina by saying, “This, then, is a danger in Lectio Divina, that it may teach us to approach the text subjectively rather than objectively.” But what is the big deal about reading the text subjectively as opposed to objectively? 3 Subjects of Scripture It is […]
In the End, God makes all things right. In the End, God conquers death and life reigns. In the End, God overcomes sin and freedom persists. In the End, God dwells forever with humanity. Origin stories are compelling. Where did that great business come from? Where did our superheroes come from? Where did we come […]