Apprentice 2 Jesus

Theology

  • Notes on redemption

    A few notes jotted down on the plan of redemption from NT Wright’s book, Surprised by Hope. Redemption isn’t scrapping what’s there and starting from a clean slate. When I read passages talking about a “new heaven and new earth” that was the mentality I had. The old earth (where we live currently) would be… Read more

  • Something missing from the Gospels

    I am working my way back through NT Wright’s book, Surprised by Hope, and it is bending my mind all over again. How I used to think about heaven and eternal life was transformed by this book, and I need this refresher. Wright has the reminder for me that the New Testament witness isn’t about… Read more

  • White evangelical

    The quote above is from David French. The interview is HERE. Read more

  • White evangelicals are tone deaf

    It’s more than being tone deaf, but it’s something I’ve mentioned for years and it’s now being exposed in deeper ways for a simple reason: white evangelicals are refusing to listen to what is going on around them. Read more

  • The straw man argument of “BLACK LIVES MATTER” and Marxism

    It’s taking me two days to work my way through the foreword and introduction of Dennis Edwards’ new book Might from the Margins: The Gospel’s Power to Turn the Tables on Injustice. I read a paragraph, put the book down, weep and repent, then try to get through the next paragraph. There is a paragraph… Read more

  • The challenge of James Cone and black theology of liberation

    James Cone continues to challenge me in my theological thinking. I keep at his work exactly because my thinking needs to be challenged… constantly. It bothers me when I quit growing. Read more

  • Love and Justice

    James Cone’s work is digging deep into my spirit, much like the Spirit’s work through Romans 5-8 right now. With Lent on us this week, it’s a good time for deep self-examination. Read more

  • 1906

    A body of thought is beginning to develop in my thinking and theology. 1906 was, for Pentecostals, a watershed year. It was Azusa Street. It was the outpouring of the Spirit and ushered in an unbroken time of renewal and missions in the church. It has been one long ride. Read more

  • Pushing labels, rejecting labels

    We have tendencies to get people “slotted” into our categories so we decide quickly if they are “in” or “out” to us. Read more

  • The goal that lies beyond us

    There is a tough balance between “certitude”, which we seem to want in life and in belief, and simply “just believing” without even really trying. It can be the trite saying, “God said, I believe it, that settles it.” It doesn’t wrestle. I’ve longed for something more than this my entire life. Read more