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So… This Anglican Thing
I wanted to post this again so I have a fresh look as I begin to formulate a book. I grew up in the Assemblies of God. I would have grown up in another Pentecostal denomination if there had been a church from that denomination in the town where I grew up. What was there was an Assemblies of God…
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The new creation is enacted
From N.T. Wright’s new book, The Challenge of Acts: When we put chapter 2 together, then, we find that the ancient promises about God filling the whole creation with his wisdom and glory have become focused on Jesus and his followers. The small sketch of the church in verse 42 functions eschatologically: Jesus’ followers become a small working model of…
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The gift of tongues
I grew up in a Pentecostal denomination. I was a minister for over 30 years in a Pentecostal denomination. I remain immensely thankful to God for the background I have been gifted and the rootedness I have in a faith that interacts with the Spirit and looks to what God can indeed do today in the lives of people.
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Living in Chaos — The path of simplicity
The past few months have been spent digging a little more into the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Lately that has been looking to untangle the complicated life he led so I’ve opened up some books looking at other people trying to track Bonhoeffer’s theological process. And I’m in deep weeds.
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Quiet, prophetic words
There are moments. They seem like accidents. At the time, they may seem obvious, but get just past that moment and not note it, there is sometimes regret at missing the opportunity to pay a little more attention.
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Why Bonhoeffer matters
I need the reminders of Bonhoeffer’s life. I’ve read The Cost of Discipleship several times. I am grateful for Charles Marsh’s biography on Bonhoeffer to stir my thinking again. The newest Bonhoeffer movie was fraught with land mines because it somehow got associated with a certain biographer who has turned Bonhoeffer into the symbol of Christian Nationalism, but I had…
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Top Ten Books of My Reading Year
Some quick notes from ten books I enjoyed or were impacted by in 2024. This doesn’t have any particular order.
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Bonhoeffer, nationalism, and the Kingdom of God
Some thoughts from my reading of Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles Marsh. There had been some Americans who had tried to get Bonhoeffer out of Germany before it was too late for him personally. They arranged for him to come to New York again and teach at Union Seminary.
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The need to regain the true definition of love
I am not a sociologist and I offer this only as an illustration. When we don’t understand the deepest motives of our actions, the actions we think are “righteous” will die a quick death.
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Walk deeper than ever before
Russell Moore writes: The nonstop news cycle and drama won’t be some unforeseen circumstance. It’s what the American people voted for. The theory that people would want to “turn the page” on all that, offered by Vice President Kamala Harris, proved false. Turns out most people liked the drama just fine. So here we go.
Tag: Theology
