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What does justice mean in light of the cross? 20 Jul 2013 | 05:45 am
Well, I can’t say I’ve been a faithful contributor to this blog. I’ll do my part today, but I’m afraid it’ll be by returning to an old chestnut: Christian universalism. I’m not as obsessed with the su...
On Writing Papers: A Quick Guide 11 Jul 2013 | 01:27 am
Sometimes it’s hard to know how to go about writing a paper. I thought some of you might find it useful if I posted a graphical representation of my typical process. Hope it helps!
The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology – A Book Review 13 Jun 2013 | 12:00 am
Scott R. Swain, The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology (Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology; Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013). Paperback, pp.258.* This volume belo...
How Barth Protected Himself 30 May 2013 | 10:03 pm
“The length of this document defends it well against the risk of being read.” – Winston Churchill I think this likely could have been Barth’s daily mantra as he wrote his (unfinished fourteen part) Ch...
Bonhoeffer on Baptism and Emmanuel 6 May 2013 | 01:39 am
Emmanuel, the name of Jesus which means “God with us.” Growing up, I thought this was a very comforting thing: God has become a human being, tabernacled with us, become one of us so that we could be o...
Blame It On My Humanity or Not 25 Apr 2013 | 04:05 am
Here I was preparing to blog some trite thoughts about “being human” and Joel goes and blogs his whole Master’s thesis. Nice. So, despite my inadequacy to speak to this subject (I’m hoping Joel will c...
Thesis: Life in the Humanity of Christ 24 Apr 2013 | 10:58 pm
As Rick’s last post indicated, Jeff and I graduated last weekend. The weekend gave me a sense of finality, even though I still have some course work to finish up. It might be appropriate to offer some...
I Heart Barth Reunion 24 Apr 2013 | 01:30 am
Here is the I Heart Barth reunion from last weekend. The three, er, four of us had a great time together as should be evident from the picture where we are all having fun with Rick creepily stalking u...
Bonhoeffer the Censor? 4 Apr 2013 | 06:49 am
It’s one thing to say “you’re asking the wrong question.” Bonhoeffer does this all the time. The first bit of Bonhoeffer I ever read began by saying that ethicists are asking the wrong question. To ge...
Bonhoeffer’s Christology Lectures 1: The Question 2 Apr 2013 | 08:40 am
I’m finally back to work on my homework from January. Hallelujah, it’s been a long haul! My current assignment is an analysis of a short Bonhoeffer text, for which I’ve chosen an excerpt from his Chri...
