“Creative impulse is at its first beginning connected with dissatisfaction with this world. It is an end of this world and in its original outburst, it desires the end of this world, it is the beginning of a different world. Creative activity is, therefore, eschatological." - Nicolas Berdyaev, The Beginning… [more]
Theology & The Church
Why History’s Bible series was worth it
We’ve now reached the conclusion of the landmark History series The Bible. A record 10 million viewers plus have tuned in each week to this sweeping portrayal of the narrative of Scripture. The Bible has even surpassed American Idol - a Biblical irony, if you think about it. It’s always… [more]
Believing in baseball (and Easter)
As a baseball fan, I’ve been eagerly anticipating Opening Day, which happens to land on Easter. I’d like to link the two events in another way, by considering what we can learn about faith and reason from a recent debate in the heady world of baseball statistics. Last year’s race… [more]
Good Friday and the promise of the cross
A few weeks ago I was having a pizza in Times Square with a native New Yorker. When we finished he asked that the leftovers be boxed so we could “give them to a homeless guy.” Within a few minutes of leaving the restaurant we had encountered a homeless man… [more]
March Madness, Maundy Thursday and rooting for the underdog
Even if you’re not a sports fan, you have probably heard that Florida Gulf Coast University is in the midst of an unprecedented run in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. They are the first 15-seed team in history to make it as far as the Sweet Sixteen, where they will… [more]
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TimF If I had my way, we'd skip Mother's Day and Father's Day mentions entirely at church; but if we must, the idea of saying Happy Mother's Day and then preaching the sermon the Lord gave you is the way to go.
Mother's Day sermons...ugh
Jordan Ballor Ok, so it's a symptom of broken trust. Who broke the trust? There's plenty of blame to go around, surely, but where's the critique of the "priestly" voice of science?
Children of atom, children of Eve
Allison Backous It is a good model for all of us to pursue conversation that requires us to be active, not just people who leave soundbites and judgment.
ESPN’s surprisingly civil debate about sin and homosexuality
Jason E. Summers Much of the legitimate task of the military is not the wielding of weapons, but rather protection and preparedness (defensive measures achieved independent of threat-based deterrence).
The weakness of the Pentagon and the power of the cross
Jonathan Downie Unless we are going to go down the road of linguistic determinism (which would limit God as well as our understanding of God), it would seem somewhat naive to assume that we have trouble understanding some concepts simply because of grammar.
How grammar influences your faith
Esther Aspling I think evangelicals have a hypocrisy in how they expect, say, Catholics to re-look at their beliefs, but then we don't believe we need to search out why we do the things we do or believe the things we believe.
Why we shouldn’t be so quick to set sail with Rob Bell