My buddy Aaron Stoller had a great idea, list off ten texts that make up your personal canon at the moment. Go here to see the rules and then post your own and tell me. 1. Counting Crows, Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings 2. Clarence Jordan, Parables of Liberation 3. Vigilantes of Love, … Read more about Life Canon (for today)
Homebrewed Christianity 7 “E. Scott Jones and the Theology of Pizzazz”
E. Scott Jones is a minister at the Cathedral of Hope in Oklahoma City and has a PhD in Philosophy from Oklahoma University. His lecture 'The Theology of Pizzazz' (here in text) was recorded at Table Talk, a student group Chad and I helped start while we were at Wake Forest University Divinity … Read more about Homebrewed Christianity 7 “E. Scott Jones and the Theology of Pizzazz”
New Song: Thy Nature and Thy Name
I co-wrote this tune with brother Wesley, had a little inspiration by this book, and wanted to sing a worship song that centered on the redemptive work of the God who is love in the world. It is my Youth Group's favorite song. I even heard it on a student's Ipod after 'solider boy.' Check it out, … Read more about New Song: Thy Nature and Thy Name
Pannenberg – Anthropology pt.1
The anthropology of Pannenberg focuses on the dignity and misery of human existence. Here Pannenberg retrieves and develops an understanding of original sin and also human destiny in light of the work of the Son, so that sin and death do not eternally prohibit God’s gift of life found in the … Read more about Pannenberg – Anthropology pt.1
The Best Idea on the Planet
A Muxtape Competition. My friends Mike Lee is getting a Muxtape Competition going and I can't think of an idea better than this one on the planet. So Go HERE and make your 5 song mix (or mux) tape for the first competition. The First Category is : THE LEAST_UNDERSTATED VOCAL STYLINGS Get on this … Read more about The Best Idea on the Planet
Poetic Reflections on Eschatology
Dr. Tupper and I are doing a conversation on eschatology in the intro. theology class at WFUDS tomorrow and these two quotes are pulled out of his book. I may write out my notes and post them later this week. The vision of an eschatological tomorrow on the other side of death stretches the … Read more about Poetic Reflections on Eschatology
Homebrewed Update & Web Hotness
So Chad's Macbook died while we were trying to upload the newest podcast. He is getting a new one with his hard drive mirrored onto it, so once the people at the mac store hook him up we will hook you up. Until then check out some web hotness and remember not to use you macbook in a humid … Read more about Homebrewed Update & Web Hotness
Brian McLaren is “Serpent-Sensitive?”
Russell Moore, a president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, came up with a spicy bit of slander when he called Brian Mclaren 'serpent-sensitive.' The Baptist Press has an article on this gem of an observation that you can read. When I read it this is what I thought. Russell Moore … Read more about Brian McLaren is “Serpent-Sensitive?”
Sermon from this Sunday
A couple people asked for my sermon from this past Sunday, so here is what was in front of me. Of course if I actually said this cannot be confirmed. Scripts are a burden for the Spirit. … Read more about Sermon from this Sunday
Adaptation or Revolution?
Whitehead, in his little book on symbolism, makes a great observation on the ever-changing meaning different symbols have through history. I read this quote and started thinking 'what Christian symbols need adaptation and which need a revolution?' … Read more about Adaptation or Revolution?
Pannenberg – Creation pt.3 (Ontological Priority of the Future)
Pannenberg wants to explain how one can affirm the freedom of God, the integrity (freedom) of creation, and the eschatological coming of God in his doctrine of creation. He does so with the ontological priority of the future. Hopefully I don't ruin this part, since it is one of my favorite parts … Read more about Pannenberg – Creation pt.3 (Ontological Priority of the Future)
Homebrewed Christianity 6 “Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove talks race, gets Neo-Monastic, and Jesus”
On this episode Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove of the Rutba House rocks it out with Chad. He shares a bit out of his new book on race in America entitled 'Free to be Bound.' Since all I did was blab in the intro I will say that Chad did a great job and I am still thinking about some of Jonathan's … Read more about Homebrewed Christianity 6 “Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove talks race, gets Neo-Monastic, and Jesus”