“When I Say God…”
“When I say God, what I mean is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” This statement of Geoffrey Wainwright was a favorite among the Divinity Students at Duke when I was there–it invariably showed up in each...
View ArticleChrist or Trinity?
Since the Colloquium on Theological Interpretation last month (see here, and here) I have been mulling the question of Christian hermeneutics. In particular: is there a difference between a...
View ArticleNot the Rule of Faith: Why I Care
On this blog I am frequently doing my best to drive a wedge between the Bible (and good biblical interpretation) and systematic theology, the rule of faith, and the like. Several times I have revisited...
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Authority, Scripture, Creed
Blogsphere confessional: I realize that I am often not at my best when I am trying to work out the relationships among bible, theology, and church authority. I do too much “not this but that” rather...
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King Jesus Gospel
Scot McKnight’s The King Jesus Gospel is the most recent in a stream of books designed to get evangelicals to recognize that the Christian faith is an inherently active affair. It is not merely a...
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Scripture Is What Church Isn’t
I need to come back to Barth §20, to explore a bit more how he works out the relationship of authority in the church to scripture, creed, and church in general. This authentic copy of revelation and...
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If You Think You’re So Cool…
… then why not get the whole church to say you’re right? That’s a large part of Barth’s challenge to the church, and particular groups within it, as he wraps up the seemingly interminable §20,...
View ArticleTheological Interpretation Article in Christianity Today
I’ve had a thing or two to say about theological interpretation on ye’ old blog over the past couple of years. I am a theological interpreter of scripture, and strive to be a Christian reader of...
View ArticleFrom Faith to Faith
What makes us Christians? What defines us as a people? “I believe in God the father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only begotten son, our Lord…” That’s one way of doing...
View ArticleFrom Faith to Follow
I keep coming back to Confessions of Faith. As I dance around this (repeatedly) there’s one major thing I’m trying go get to: we as Christians have regularly created the impression that being a...
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