There’s Humor in Theology 3

This quote comes from the realm of philosophy and not theology, but since I argue for a strong kinship between the two, I’ll take the liberty of offering the following quote from Socrates:
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
How did [...]

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The NT Canon (Scripture: part 4b)

A continuing conversation
Having examined the OT canon, we pursue our discussion of the canon of Scripture by turning to the NT canon. 
NT Canon
Obviously, we can’t probe all the issues and arguments surrounding the NT canon, but I will attend to three issues in this section.  One, I want to suggest that the inauguration of the New Covenant [...]

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There’s Humor in Theology 2

Barth may have rejected claims to the superiority of liberal German theology but he was quite certain of the superiority of German music.
"It may be that when the angels go about their task of praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart and [...]

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The OT Canon (Scripture: part 4a)

What’s at stake in the Canon debate?
Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code has stirred theologian and skeptic alike with its claims. Brown has made claims about the canon in his novel to the degree that he calls the NT gospels false and seems to “canonize” the Gnostic gospels for himself. Why is this belief “wrong”? Why [...]

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There’s Humor in Theology 1

This is our attempt to keep things light-hearted around here. This is the first of a series of weekly quotations or stories from a theologian to remind us that God has a sense of good humor and that good humor has a sense of God. The quotations will predominately come from Martin Luther for two [...]

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Is Scripture Sufficient to Reveal God? (Scripture: Part 3)

Obviously there are a myriad of avenues that I could go down relating to the sufficiency of Scripture. There’s the catholic vs. protestant issue of sola scriptura; the debate in Christian counseling over Scripture’s sufficiency to help someone in the problems of life and sin; the question of Scripture’s sufficiency to teach us reliable history [...]

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Celebrity Theologians

No, I’m not raising the issue of young academics who often elevate theologians to celebrity status. I have a much less profound point to make here: a number of theologians look like particular celebrities (or historical figures).
Just consider:
John Franke and Robert Wuhl

Ok, so he’s not a theolgian…more like an atheolgian, but this one is too good [...]

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The Inherency of Inerrancy (Scripture: Part 2)

Anyone who has spent any time on the blogosphere knows that the issue of inerrancy is the theological lightning rod in contemporary discussion. A simple glance at a few blogs will make this point: here and here.
These and many others claim that Scripture can be errant yet authoritative. Consider my pastor, for example: though he’s [...]

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