There’s Humor in Theology 14

I was hesitant to post this since I could not locate the proper citation of the source of this comment, but I’ve found it so widely quoted that I don’t think it requires citation. Given how much I’ve quoted Luther on the following subject, and at the risk of giving readers the impression that the Reformers were [...]

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Jerusalem and Paris Revisited: Examining Theology’s Interest in Postmodernism

In my last post I focused primarily on demonstrating analytic philosophy’s disinterest in postmodern philosophy. I touched briefly on why postmodernism has become so attractive to contemporary theologians. I mentioned that it is a philosophy that requires less rigor and discipline than its analytic counterpart and holds out more interesting conclusions. Analytic philosophers are often [...]

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Newton on Inward Trials

For a while and more recently, I have been thinking about John Newton’s hymn, “I asked the Lord that I might Grow.” Most people know Newton for his hymn, “Amazing Grace,” but few people have ever heard of this hymn. I must confess that I was ignorant of it until Indelible Grace [...]

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There’s Humor in Theology 13

Gone is the hey-day of rhetorical debate. Luther was a master of rhetoric and by using it, often won popular support against his more scholastic opponents. The “comic books” of Luther’s day often ridiculed the pope, some even containing drawings of the peasants exposing their hind ends to him and using him as a commode. Luther, joining [...]

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The Historical Reference in Zech 7:1-3 (Part 1)

Well, I said that I would be posting on some texts in Zechariah for the rest of this semester, and I am writing a paper on Zech 7, so I will be spending some time in this chapter over the next couple of months. This short series on 7:1-3 will attend to three issues over [...]

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Cowper on Providence and the Christian Life

Chaos and Old Night is known for its high-octane biblical/theological and philosophical content and its more funny side with “Humor in Theology,” but lately, I have been thinking about the place of reflection and the role of edificatory literature in the Christian’s life. Of course, the edificatory literature or poetry must be theologically sound in [...]

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Celebrity Theologians: Take 2

Some of you may remember the first “Celebrity Theologians” post. Well, if you sit and think about it long enough (which I’m a little embarrassed to say, I did) you find that there are quite a few more theologians who resemble celebrities. In some cases, you may not be familiar with either the theologian or [...]

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