I am admittedly a child of the 80’s. I grew up in Cold-War paranoia and still find it difficult to understand how it has been 30 years since the Chicago Bears shuffled to a Super Bowl win under Coach Ditka. I love reading books from the 80’s once in a while. There is something fascinating to me … Read more about 1984 Theology
The Function Of Good Friday
Ahead of the Great Debacle this Saturday, I find myself in an interesting place. On the surface, it is fairly obvious that I would agree more with Jones on what he believes about the events of Good Friday. Much of what Jones says about the crucifixion and its implication (atonement) are solidly … Read more about The Function Of Good Friday
The Problem With The Future Is Its Past (part 1)
The Future Of Christian Theology was purchased with great anticipation. I had read David Ford before and appreciated his innovative and insightful perspective. Gordon Kaufman’s Theology For A Nuclear Age has probably been the most influential book I have read outside my reading for school. Most … Read more about The Problem With The Future Is Its Past (part 1)
Liberal Christians Are Not Going To Hell
Liberal Christianity has a problem. I am not a liberal myself, but I do get to hang out with many liberal Christians and I can say with some confidence that I see where the problem is seated. [1] Liberal Christians ‘get it’. They are more mature or wise than their fundamentalist cousins from the … Read more about Liberal Christians Are Not Going To Hell
Sex Is Not Simple
Sexuality and spirituality have been on my mind as we prepare for tonight’s Level Ground Film Festival. I am very aware of the cultural conversation that continues to circle around marriage equality and issues related to legal matters. As a pastor and theologian, my concern is more specifically … Read more about Sex Is Not Simple
Born Of A Virgin? It happened a lot back then
I posted this 2 years ago today and thought it might be fun to revisit. As Christians we confess that Jesus was born to a virgin. Some people doubt the accuracy of that - but they may not realize that it was not that uncommon back then. Here are just 10 people born of a virgin in the ancient … Read more about Born Of A Virgin? It happened a lot back then
Theology for the People: Publishing, Emergent and God
Tripp sits down with Tony Jones to chat about the new series with Fortress Press: 'Theology for the People". They chat about everything from the publishing industry to the emergent church - from theological education to the death of God. If you have not heard part 1 of the AAR live event … Read more about Theology for the People: Publishing, Emergent and God
Wake Up! It’s Time For Advent
We are trying something new for Advent this year here at Homebrewed Christianity. Each week we are looking at the 4 suggested texts from the lectionary and talking about how we would approach them. In week one there were 3 texts that we resonated with and a fourth that we struggled with. That … Read more about Wake Up! It’s Time For Advent
Transgressing Emergence: AAR and the Church
Last year in Baltimore the Open and Relational Theologies session took a look at the Emerging Church. This session involves three conversations, with three participants in each. These conversations pertain to papers written by participants, but there will be no formal reading of the papers. The … Read more about Transgressing Emergence: AAR and the Church
Theological Approaches: Constructive and Comparative
Preparing for qualifying exams is intense. Going back over every book and paper that might be relevent to your five topics is helpful for compiling the work you have done over the last four years. I am constantly thinking and reading about theology. One of my fascinations is the various models or … Read more about Theological Approaches: Constructive and Comparative
Plug in ‘the Church’ as an experiment
An interesting way to expose the difference between two things is to take out the subject of great quote and replace it with something else to see if it still works. If your replacement X cannot work in place of the initial Y then you are forced to ask ‘why is this the case?’ Let me give you … Read more about Plug in ‘the Church’ as an experiment
Bo’s Bookshelf
I like Top 10 lists ... and I love books. These lists of books that have been going around FB lately have been an interesting snapshot to see what books have impacted folks. Here is my 'Top 10 Books that have stuck with me' list and I would love to see yours. - Books that Changed … Read more about Bo’s Bookshelf