I am encouraged by this introduction to what I hope will be a great series of writing.  Reminds me that it has been too long since I sat with a group to wrestle with and interpret scripture. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-raushenbush/the-complex-power-and-wis_b_658639.html Social Bookmarking

A few weeks ago, I wrote a somewhat emotionally reactive post about (hyper-) Calvinism and the seeming militant commitment to it by its adherents.  I didn’t mention it then, but the words were in response to a book I had just read, Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists.  Though I finished [...]

I am not a Calvinist.  I don’t like systematic theology.  I don’t enjoy endless debate about the character and sovereign nature of God.  These things are neither fruitful nor soul-nourishing to me.  However, I also don’t like being insulted as “theologically light” simply for not agreeing with a particular interpretation of Scripture.  As if had [...]

It seems to me that an awful lot of people are talking, but not enough people are asking questions.  One person who I can always count on to ask great questions is my good friend, Anne, as you can see from her many thought-provoking posts here on PMIAB.  I have found another wonderful inquirer in [...]

Thanks to Greg Boyd who has saved me the trouble of actually buying and/or reviewing this, um, less than inspiring publication marketed as the Patriot’s Bible.  Happy Independence Day. Social Bookmarking