My challenge for the year is to read more widely from the angles of black and female theologians. My current read is God of the Oppressed by James Cone. Continue reading “The authority of Scripture — black theology”
Category: Theology
God of the Oppressed
The scandal is that the gospel means liberation, that this liberation comes to the poor, and that it gives them the strength and the courage to break the conditions of servitude. This is what the Incarnation means. God in Christ comes to the weak and the helpless, and becomes one with them, taking their condition of oppression as his own and thus transforming their slave-existence into a liberated existence. — James Cone, God of the Oppressed Continue reading “God of the Oppressed”
Crucifixion of the Warrior God — Love Laid a Trap
Greg Boyd in his never-ending book, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God, lays out God’s martial arts program. (This won’t hook you enough to actually read the book, but I’m not going to go into any more detail than that because I would have to take three blog posts to explain it.) Continue reading “Crucifixion of the Warrior God — Love Laid a Trap”
Understanding the “wrath” of God through the Cross
Here is the thing with Greg Boyd’s two-volume behemoth titled The Crucifixion of the Warrior God : it is like the never-ending story. I get through a chapter, which is fairly amazing in and of itself, and I think, “Whew!” Then I’m wondering how much farther to go… and I swear more chapters magically appear at the end of the volume. I’m not kidding. It always looks like I’ve read 10 pages at the front of the second volume even if I’ve read 5 chapters. (And Boyd doesn’t do short chapters like most publishers and readers insist on!) I’ll never finish this book. Continue reading “Understanding the “wrath” of God through the Cross”
American Idolatry
I have wept reading this man’s work over the years. I wept listening to these gentle, yet powerful and cutting, words.
500 years after the Reformation
Some food for thought from an article in Christianity Today. Continue reading “500 years after the Reformation”
White Evangelicalism
I know the name Lecrae, but I’ve not listened to his music. Recently he has boldly spoken out about American evangelicalism and the lack of place for people of color. Continue reading “White Evangelicalism”
