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A Word from Jürgen Moltmann

Nate wrote 4 days ago: Hope finds in Christ not only a consolation in suffering, but also the protest of the divine promise … more →

Tags: emergent church, Eschatology, Other Links, quotation marks, Theology, Jurgen Moltmann, theology of hope

Joel B. Green on the Nature of (Trans)formation

Nate wrote 4 weeks ago: … although our genes bias our dispositions and character, the neuronal systems and pathways re … more →

Tags: Theology, Joel B. Green, Body Soul and Human Life, Neuroscience

Simnel Cake

glossaria2 wrote 1 month ago: Ahhh, the Interweb can be a marvelous thing. I’m reading Nicola Cornick’s The Confession … more →

Tags: Romances, Recipes, Regency, Reference Work

Ordo Salutis

Nate wrote 3 months ago: Last quarter I developed an ordo salutis (order of salvation) for Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s Syst … more →

Tags: Eschatology, Random musings, Theology, How (Not) to Speak of god, John Caputo, Ordo Salutis, peter rollins, Stanley Grenz, Systematic Theology

Eat Your Worms.

ethneclarke wrote 5 months ago: My late lamented mother was fond of saying, “Everyone has to eat a peck of dirt in their life. … more →

Tags: Children, "crohn's disease", farm animals, Germs, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Microbes, New York Times, worms

Global Dictionary of Theology & Thoughts on Heresy

Nate wrote 6 months ago: I recently enrolled in a Systematic Theology class taught by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen.  Many of the rea … more →

Tags: Random musings, Theology, World Christianity, Global Dictionary of Theology, Heresy, Veli-Matti Karkkainen

from The Weakness of God | John D. Caputo1 comment

Nate wrote 6 months ago: … the world is there, being is there, and there we are, there, in the world, being right there … more →

Tags: quotation marks, Theology, John D Caputo, The Weakness of God, Weak Theology

To die of giving up hope

m1e9r8a2 wrote 6 months ago: The subject of death in my twenties seems distant, though not as distant as aging. To tell the truth … more →

"The Wordy Shipmates"

m1e9r8a2 wrote 8 months ago: I am as an unlikely reader of a book about Puritans, such as “The Wordy Shipmates“, as S … more →

Tags: Puritans, New England, Sarah Vowell

Book Review | The Next Christendom

Nate wrote 9 months ago: In his book The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, Philip Jenkins charts a major … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Philip Jenkins, The Next Christendom, global christianity

Beyond Homelessness

Nate wrote 9 months ago: Chapter 2 | The Meaning of Home If it is homelessness that dominates the narratives by which we liv … more →

Tags: Theology, Book Reviews, Christian Theology, Beyond Homelessness, Steven Bouma-Prediger, Brian J. Walsh

A Word from Ron Sider

Nate wrote 9 months ago: What will Christians do in this time of swelling affluence and persistent poverty?  Will we dare to … more →

Tags: Politics, quotation marks, Kingdom of God, poverty, Gospel, Ron Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Beyond Homelessness3 comments

Nate wrote 9 months ago: Steven Bouma-Prediger, author of For the Beauty of the Earth, and Brian J. Walsh, co-author of Colo … more →

Tags: Theology, Book Reviews, Christian Theology, Beyond Homelessness, Steven Bouma-Prediger, Brian J. Walsh

The Denial of Death | Ernest Becker1 comment

Nate wrote 10 months ago: I am currently reading a book titled, The Denial of Death written by Ernest Becker.  As I was readin … more →

Tags: the denial of death, Ernest Becker

A Word from Abraham Joshua Heschel2 comments

Nate wrote 10 months ago: Awe is a way of being in rapport with the mystery of all reality.  The awe that we sense or ought to … more →

Tags: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Jesus Wants to Save Christians5 comments

Nate wrote 11 months ago: This is a book I am looking forward to.   The author of Velvet Elvis and Sex God teams up with fell … more →

Tags: Rob Bell, don golden, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Velvet Elvis, Sex God

A Word from St. Augustine

Nate wrote 11 months ago: “‘Great art thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is thy power and infinite is … more →

Tags: St Augustine of Hippo

A Word From Eugene Peterson

Nate wrote 11 months ago: Life isn’t an accumulation of abstractions such as love and truth, sin and salvation, atonemen … more →

Tags: eugene peterson

A Word from Ken Wilbur1 comment

Nate wrote 12 months ago: “… if we look at the various types of human attempts to comprehend the Divine – bo … more →

Tags: Ken Wilbur, A brief history of everything


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