The Rise and Fall of Biblical Theology
“Modern exegetes are like us. They work and think at the end of a history. In this sense, the one thing that would be criticisable would be the naive claim of an...
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This past week, Lance and Kevin have both written about Lent. Bear with me as I continue the trend. Pope Francis’ Lenten message for this year urged his followers to...
Read MoreThe Promise of Death
In his last post, Lance pointed out that our culture exists within a paradox of constant denial of death and simultaneous embrace of death. We consume death and we look...
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A Bright Sadness
When I’m not on call at the big hospital, I work at the Cancer Center, which is an outpatient facility where patients receive chemotherapy and radiation. When I first...
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Faith, Power, and the Centurion: A Reading of Matthew 8: 1-13
I know Jesus admires the guy, but I have never really liked the centurion found in Matthew 8. He seems, well, a bit disingenuous. Perhaps I don’t trust the sentiment...
Read MoreThe Epiphany of Humility
Well, so that is it. Now we must dismantle the tree, Putting the decorations back into their cardboard boxes— Some have got broken—and carrying them up to the attic....
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