Saying ‘I Do’ to Our Father without a Voice
Ezekiel 16 would be an uncommon text to hear in a weekend service. It is a very long text, 53 verses and over 1500 words. Furthermore, there are three separate depictions of God’s generosity to...
View ArticleYoung Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
In this essay, Jeff McSwain describes the theological issues involved in his controversial departure from Young Life in 2007.
View ArticleSocial Justice in the Inner City: An Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper, Part II
In this interview, Lisa Sharon Harper discusses her evangelical faith and the relationship between evangelicalism and politics, the economy, and social justice activism.
View ArticleThe Problem of Joy: A Review of Sufjan Stevens’s All Delighted People EP
A review that finds joy in the creative crises and experimentation of the ALL DELIGHTED PEOPLE EP, the recent EP from Sufjan Stevens.
View ArticleWhat Are You Waiting For? A Meditation on Isaiah 61:1–4, 8-11, Luke 1:53, and...
God’s longings for us always seem connected to a bigger picture that includes others.
View ArticleThe Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness: A Review of God, Sexuality, and the Self
Sarah Coakley’s important book recommends prayer as a way to an incorporative model of the Trinity.
View ArticleThree Construals of Scripture and Tradition, Canon and Church: George...
While George Lindbeck and Kevin Vanhoozer provide helpful insights toward the recovery of what Lindbeck calls the “classic pattern of biblical interpretation” for the church, Robert Jenson’s proposal...
View ArticleWhere Are All the Good Biblical Literalists When You Need Them? (I’m so...
There seem to be some terribly strange and inconsistent themes at work in terms of biblical interpretation these days. While the early church spent much of its time interpreting the sayings of Jesus...
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Interpreting Sea Change
This has been a rough six weeks for all us progressives living in North Carolina. Back on May 8th, we became the 31st state in the union to restrict the rights of same-sex couples through a...
View ArticleSaying ‘I Do’ to Our Father without a Voice
Ezekiel 16 would be an uncommon text to hear in a weekend service. It is a very long text, 53 verses and over 1500 words. Furthermore, there are three separate depictions of God’s generosity to...
View ArticleYoung Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
Jim Rayburn founded Young Life in 1941, the same year the word teenager first appeared in print. Rayburn’s vision for evangelizing this newly defined demographic ran against the conventional wisdom of...
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Social Justice in the Inner City: An Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper, Part II
Lisa Sharon Harper is the author of Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican or Democrat and Executive Director of NY Faith and Justice, an organization that began in June 2006 when four strangers from...
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The Problem of Joy: A Review of Sufjan Stevens’s All Delighted People EP
Sufjan Stevens, All Delighted People EP (Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2010). Visit here to purchase the album. If you don’t have the proper systems in place to catch every scrap of Sufjan Stevens related...
View ArticleWhere Are All the Good Biblical Literalists When You Need Them? (I’m so...
There seem to be some terribly strange and inconsistent themes at work in terms of biblical interpretation these days. While the early church spent much of its time interpreting the sayings of Jesus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interpreting Sea Change
This has been a rough six weeks for all us progressives living in North Carolina. Back on May 8th, we became the 31st state in the union to restrict the rights of same-sex couples through a...
View ArticleSaying ‘I Do’ to Our Father without a Voice
Ezekiel 16 would be an uncommon text to hear in a weekend service. It is a very long text, 53 verses and over 1500 words. Furthermore, there are three separate depictions of God’s generosity to...
View ArticleYoung Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
Jim Rayburn founded Young Life in 1941, the same year the word teenager first appeared in print. Rayburn’s vision for evangelizing this newly defined demographic ran against the conventional wisdom of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Social Justice in the Inner City: An Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper, Part II
Lisa Sharon Harper is the author of Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican or Democrat and Executive Director of NY Faith and Justice, an organization that began in June 2006 when four strangers from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Problem of Joy: A Review of Sufjan Stevens’s All Delighted People EP
Sufjan Stevens, All Delighted People EP (Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2010). Visit here to purchase the album. If you don’t have the proper systems in place to catch every scrap of Sufjan Stevens related...
View ArticleWhere Are All the Good Biblical Literalists When You Need Them? (I’m so...
There seem to be some terribly strange and inconsistent themes at work in terms of biblical interpretation these days. While the early church spent much of its time interpreting the sayings of Jesus...
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