This week I talk Tony Jones, Emergent Village guru in residence. Today is his 40th birthday so I thought I would let Tony know that I am glad he was born. I think the conversation is pretty good and it should inspire you to check out his new book, which I liked and [...]

 

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Here is the second half of the conversation between Doug Pagitt, Tim Conder, and Bill Leonard.   Enjoy it, I did.

 

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After having begun his doctrine of God, Pannenberg turns to his understanding of the essence and attributes of the Triune God.  Important here is how the discussion of God’s essence and attributes is informed by the previous philosophical discussion, but distinctively by the self-revelation of God in the Christian tradition.  Pannenberg turns to his central [...]

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I may have mentioned that Anthony Smith will be on the podcast soon, but just so you know it is gonna be sweet check out him and Steve Knight talking about the Obama\Wright controversy. Then visit their blogs and holla at them.

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This is the first of two episodes taken from a conversation between Bill Leonard, Doug Pagitt, Tim Conder, Zach Roberts, and myself. I mostly just listened in to Bill Leonard, the Dean of Wake Forest University’s School of Divinity and professor of church history, have a fascinating conversation with Doug Pagitt and Tim Conder [...]

 

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Chad had a very good summary.  I read it and said, yeah that is what I wished I was thinking.   This week’s podcast is gonna be pretty sweet and we have interviews with Tony Jones, Brian Mclaren, and my favorite blogger who needs to come out of retirement - Anthony Smith - the Postmodern Negro.  [...]

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Well now from Pannenberg’s understanding of revelation to the Trinity.  I think it will take three parts too, but all of Pannenberg’s Systematic Theology is an exposition of the Trinity.
If Jesus is to be the Word of God, he is properly understood as the eternal Son and, therefore, the immanent Trinity receives priority over all [...]

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So here is Chad and I’s first podcast. For some reason one of the phones sounded kind of creepy, so if it creeps you out we are sorry. Until I figure out how to have my blog title something different than the podcast title they will both be Homebrewed Christianity.

 

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It is only the self-revelation of God that creates the possibility for meaningful theological language, because without it theological statements do not amount to more than the presumptuous utterances of human subjectivity. Only the self-revelation of God can make Christian proclamation a viable enterprise. Divine revelation is not a theme in all religions, [...]

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The Self-Revelation of God and Religion
In the contemporary west, as Rahner notes, the concept of God is as enigmatic today as a blank face with a doubted existence and content.  The non-thematic but innate awareness of God is important for Pannenberg to establish, although this God-given knowledge is only recognized in the light of God’s [...]

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