Apprentice 2 Jesus

Theology

  • Racism and white moderates

    The problem of Dr. King’s day and our day, as pointed out by James Cone in The Cross and the Lynching Tree, is the silence of those who might have something to say, but don’t. Read more

  • The nuance of trouble, part 3

    I referred to this podcast in my last post, but had not listened to the second half of the episode. Now I’ve listened and know Todd Deatherage, who is interviewed in this podcast, and it is TRULY worth your time. Todd is with the Telos Group and it is phrase I use constantly these days:… Read more

  • Tribalism and Truth

    We have been Balkanizing the U.S. for quite some time. We truly want to hang out only with “our folks” no matter the place on the political spectrum. I miss the days before social media. Truly. Read more

  • The simplicity of the gospel

    On our road trip, we’ve revisited Simply Christian by NT Wright on audiobook. It has helped reset my mind as I long more and more to be anchored to Christ. A book I picked up for the trip (physical copy of a book) is Salvation by Allegiance Alone by Matthew Bates. It is similar in… Read more

  • On the road

    We are on the road for a few weeks as we wrap up summer. It’s a trip to see family and friends. It also means less time reading, more time listening to audiobooks and podcasts, and then reflecting on them. Read more

  • Unspooling bad eschatology

    I grew up in the age of “The Late Great Planet Earth” and “A Thief in the Night.” Two decades later, it was the “Left Behind” series. In college I began to work through my faith and theology and was in my early 20s when I worked to unspool all the bad theology surrounding “the… Read more

  • Our cultural blindness

    Over the past several years I have become more aware of a blindness we carry in the American white evangelical church regarding sin. Read more

  • The end of the world

    I grew up in a pre-tribulation atmosphere in church. Those were the days of “A Thief in the Night” movies and books like The Late Great Planet Earth. I wrote an essay in a high school writing class on the final clash of the Soviet Union taking on Jesus’ army or some such crazy end… Read more

  • Pentecostal Orthodoxy — real presence

    “While others have come to the concept of real presence through faith and or propositional biblical truths, I came to real presence through experience.” — Emilio Alvarez, Pentecostal Orthodoxy Read more

  • The “fad” of liturgy

    Early on in my journey into a more liturgical life I remember reading from other friends on Facebook about their exploration into liturgical worship. I remember when I was “hooked” by the Eucharist. Others, the more I read, really liked the typical “evangelical” worship model (concert level professional worship, topical sermons), but when they wanted… Read more