Metanarratives and the Fact of Christ
[H]ave you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘ I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of...
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Erotic Prayer
No, not sex. Erōs is one of the ancient Greek terms for love, from which we derive our word ‘eroticism’ and in philosophic circles it signified love that was ecstastic...
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The Burning Heart of Memory: An Appeal for a Return to Augustinian Hermeneutics
I would like to think that all that was written in the Bible came without struggle. That the author of the text sat down to write and was inspired to compose a...
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On How Different Exegetical Methods Work: An Allegorical Reading of Judges 3:21-22
Judges 3:21-22: Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly. Even the handle sank in after the blade, and...
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No Going Back: Considering the Future of Theological Interpretation
Origen of Alexandria (c.185–c.243 CE) is the most influential allegorical reader of Scripture in the early church tradition. He read the entirety of the Christian...
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Homosexuality and the Flesh of Christ: Identity and Suffering
What follows is modified from a paper submitted for Theology 602 at Regent College. In it, I deal specifically with homosexuality, and not other groups in the LGBTQ...
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