Just how much timeless truth can be expressed in 140 characters? It looks like Catholics the world over are about to find out. The Vatican recently set up an official Twitter handle for the papacy, @Pontifex. He already has more than 600,000 followers, quite a feat given the fact that… [more]
Theology & The Church
E-reading the Bible
Earlier this month, Slate published an excerpt from Andrew Piper’s new book, Book Was There, with this provocative subtitle: “E-reading isn’t reading.” Piper argues that reading on an e-reader is so fundamentally different from reading a codex (the term for a book in its printed and bound form) that it… [more]
Hurricane Sandy through the eyes of Job
“Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm…” Job 40:6 As I watched the International Space Station fly over Hurricane Sandy this morning, I found my eyes continually drawn to the arc of the earth. Who are we that You are mindful of us? From a cosmic point of view,… [more]
Rachel Held Evans’ year of ‘biblical womanhood’
My first encounter with “biblical womanhood” happened in college, when there were whispers around the dormitory about whether God wanted young ladies at a Christian university to run for student body president. Apparently, there were rules about such things, rules that the apostle Paul wrote down in a letter to… [more]
The housewives of Galilee County
As a pastor, one of the most enjoyable parts of my job is doing basic Bible study in preparation for preaching and teaching. This week I was working through John 5. John 5 follows the typical pattern of the Gospel of John, with a "sign" and a discourse section that… [more]
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c.moreno I hope that those that watch question the documentary and read the Bible for themselves and maybe they will see the missing character (God) through reading.
The character missing from History’s Bible
JustMyOpinion I see this series is an invitation to sit at the table with God, and to feed the soul, and inspire a desire for more.
The character missing from History’s Bible
paulvanderklay I think a more honest approach to all of them is to recognize that these texts create an interpretive framework from which these highly complex religious-cultural communities approach these matters.
Historical Adam: Wrestling with Romans 5
KoryPlockmeyer While Paul's theology is certainly normative for Christians, I don't believe we need to limit ourselves to Paul's cosmology.
Historical Adam: One possible scenario
Justin G I'm certainly not saying that N.T. Wright has it all figured out ... but I do appreciate the work that he has done in researching topics like this.
Have we gotten heaven wrong?
apna Not sure Affirmative Action can ever be consistent with Christianity. It's meeting failure with more failure...
A Biblical case for affirmative action