A little reflection on (self) deception – Lucy Peppiatt
I don’t know much about the process of deception in general. I do know it’s easy to be deceived. I don’t recall ever feeling…
Read moreI don’t know much about the process of deception in general. I do know it’s easy to be deceived. I don’t recall ever feeling…
Read moreI don’t recall whether I ever really wanted to write a book about women and the Bible and how and why I believed the Bible gives us a mutualist vision for men and women. I think maybe I did, but it was all rather vague.
Read moreBehr’s monograph offers a distinct perspective that situates John’s Gospel unequivocally within the Eastern Orthodox Paschal feast: “Pascha . . . is the starting point and register in which to hear the Gospel of John and also its Prologue” (ix).
Read moreFemale Theologians… I recently attended a really enjoyable theology conference in LA. I listened to thought-provoking papers and presentations, met some interesting…
Read more[This is pt 4 of a 4 part review. See here for part 1, part 2, and part 3] My review of…
Read more[This is part 3 of a 4 part review of Boyd’s book. HERE is part 1, and HERE is part 2] In…
Read moreIn the previous post I noted several of Boyd’s hermeneutical starting points, as well as his expressed and tacit assumptions about Scripture….
Read moreGregory A. Boyd. Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament’s Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross. Minneapolis:…
Read moreThe prophetic witness of Christians before the State has too often been muted by a surface reading of the Apostle Paul’s words in Romans 13:1-7, with its infamous “Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God” (Rom. 13:1).
Read more[This is Part III of a series on lament. Part I is HERE, and Part II HERE] Objections objections… Grieve, mourn and…
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