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A model apology from a sinner-saint
An ELCA bishop apologized for sexist comments he made—without claiming that they were out of character.
N. T. Wright’s creative reconstruction of Paul and his world
Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?
N. T. Wright’s creative reconstruction of Paul and his world
Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?
N. T. Wright’s creative reconstruction of Paul and his world
Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's theological trouble
The Jesuit scientist questioned whether humans are descended from Adam. It got him exiled.
Learning costly resistance from Bonhoeffer
Cheap resistance is like cheap grace. It risks very little.
I let the Holy Spirit see my dirty laundry
I was counting on her discretion.
I let the Holy Spirit see my dirty laundry
I was counting on her discretion.
I let the Holy Spirit see my dirty laundry
I was counting on her discretion.
Why are the “good guys with guns” so sure they're good?
"It's a sin problem," goes the slogan, "not a gun problem." Whatever definition of sin is operative here, it isn't Paul's.
Maybe we need to be pushed in different ways than the Romans did.
How new is the new Christian Zionism?
There have been many Zionisms over the years. Only one has imagined an eventual end of Judaism.
It's not always what we would choose for ourselves.
It's not always what we would choose for ourselves.
On failing to receive hospitality
On the way to the soup kitchen, I met a man with a loaf of bread.
This text is a painful confession.
Christians have long lived in denial of our deep creaturely connections.
What makes for an undivided life?
True character is only formed over long periods of time.
August 20, Ordinary 20A (Matthew 15:10–28; Romans 11:1–2a, 29–32)
Give me your tired, your poor, those you consider dogs.
The difference between wishing and hoping
Wishes are about what we want. Hope is about what God wants.