…it disregards the multiple levels of meaning that any text – and especially any text of scripture which, for the very fact of being scripture, has especially rich and multivalent…
…of parousia—God’s dwelling and God’s Kingdom on earth. How is it achieved? In God’s time and through God’s power, of course, but Scripture suggests that our answer should not end…
…liturgy and Scripture memorization list (and not a few framed needlepoints). The famous Shepherd Song takes the psalmist’s sense of profound comfort and security in relationship with God and wraps…
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…serve us well in our own efforts to think theologically about the social and political realities we encounter. Yes, thinking theologically about politics and policy is a vastly complicated enterprise,…
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…begin Jewish and Christian Scripture provide a poetic glimpse into the earliest moments of Earth, its creation, and God’s activity. Like the R&B song’s description of the world, Genesis 1:2…
…happen if, as in John’s story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman (John 4:5-42), thirst created the opportunity for understanding that transcended cultural barriers? These scriptures invite several responses. First,…
…for a full century before 1660, focusing largely on the question of adiaphora, “things indifferent,” neither required nor forbidden by Scripture. Most disputants on both sides conceded that, abstractly speaking,…
…Niebuhr Story brings out many aspects of Niebuhr’s thought as it follows his career through half a century of history. His friendship with Paul Tillich, his socialist politics, and his…
…divine, pitching their rationale in the scriptures – particularly from the ‘dazzling whiteness’ of the transfigured Jesus Christ. It was a subversive act to see the little child at the…
…I have heard you speak powerfully about economic justice, and know that your convictions there are rooted and grounded in scripture. I have heard you tell the story of the…