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How Bromantic!
See, Glenn Beck and Van Jones do really love each other. Glenn Beck And Van Jones, The Bromance Continues. I feel like I am watching the movie I Love You Man all over again. Don’t you just love happy...
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In Christ, neither Mainline or Sectarian: On Ecumenism & Identity
TOWARDS A POSTCOLONIAL ORTHOPRAXIS OF RECONCILIATION Around a few theo-blogs, there has a conversation about the nature of ecumenism. It started kinda with Halden & Ry, subsequently with responses...
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James Cone on Reconciliation
One of the funnier points about reading James Cone is just to notice how Barthian his earlier theology was. It is such a hoot, especially given the fact I am not a fan of KB (or shall I say, of the...
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Christus Victor and Reconciliation: Cone and Roberts
The other day I was reading Joerg Rieger’s Christ and Empire, and as he was promoting a Christus Victor from the Margins, he cited James Cone’s use of Gustav’s Aulen’s Christus Victor (see Rieger, page...
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Christus Victor in Galatians 3: The Messiah Conquers the Curse for the Gentiles
HOW I CAN’T SEEM TO FIND PENAL SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT IN GALATIANS 3:13 1. Disclaimer: Yes, I have read Gustav Aulen’s Christus Victor, and I do agree with his view of atonement, even though he has...
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Miroslav Volf: The God of Embrace
“But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8 “Having been embraced by God, we must make space for others in ourselves and invite them in—even...
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A Covenant of Peace: Ezekiel’s Use Of Numbers
Tetragrammaton (Photo credit: nathanleveck) Zeal, the Knowledge of YHWH and Radicalism “YHWH spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the...
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How Richard Twiss helped me to believe in revival again
Community Transformation This post is my second contribution to the MennoNerds Anabaptist Missional Spirituality Synchroblog event. Before discussing such a dreamy topic as “revival” or what others...
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The Cross, Predestination, and Emmett Till
One of the interesting things about the academy is in the way Black Theologians strive to engage Hip Hop culture. While I personally don’t do so, I think this move is necessary for a few reasons....
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Do You Hate Your Enemies Enough To Love Them?
A VERY QUICK THOUGHT EXPERIMENT USING RIGHT WING CONTRARIANISM In the latest edition of What Nonsense Is NeoCalvinism Preaching today, an employee for John Piper’s Desiring God, referring to Piper’s...
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