Luther’s theology of the cross, it is sometimes asserted, opened the way to the atheism of the modern age. The cross as the symbol of the hiddenness of God in...
Jesus Among Sinners
(My recent blogpost over at Whiteboard//Blip) There she stood. She had been shamefully and publicly exposed as one committing adultery in a society that has only one outlet for sex:...
Learning, Love, and Transformation
The Need for Deconstruction in Theological Education Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18 Much has been said...
The Resurrection as Natural Event
The Resurrection needs to be seen, not as a supernatural in-breaking of God’s power in the natural order, but as a natural event. In fact the resurrection is so natural...
Wheaton and Its Theology Conference
A week ago I attended the Wheaton Theology Conference. This year’s topic was the Holy Spirit. It was my third Wheaton conference and I always enjoy the food, the fun,...
What It Means To Follow Jesus Christ Today
This is my blogpost for the Bethel Seminary Admissions Blog of March 18th 2014. Hebrews 12:1-2. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us...
The Eternal Melody: Mendelssohn and Bonhoeffer
Blogpost for Cultivare on Patheos, January 2014. Dutch conductor Hans Vonk once said of Beethoven: His music is the truth and nothing but the truth. It is true that where...