Note: This is part two in a series of debates on the Christology of the Synoptic Gospels (part 1 here). Rodrigo Morales is starting off, I’m responding, and he is then given the opportunity of a rejoinder. RJM: I’m shamelessly stealing my second example from our esteemed Doktorvater Richard Hays. Hays notices a peculiar detail [...]
In case you missed it on BioLogos, here’s Bruce Waltke on Evolution. If we deny it when the evidence tells us it’s true, we make ourselves a cult. That’s how he leads off. Enjoy.
In an editorial piece for Christianity Today, David Neff nails the challenges facing conservative break-away groups: how to create a positive identity after having one’s identity defined by not being in step with the mainline denomination for so long. The easiest thing to do in such a scenario is to continually distance oneself from what [...]
In keeping with the trend around the blogesphere (I’m always trying to stay trendy, you know), I figured I’d let you know what I’ll be doing at SBL in Atlanta. I’ll be reading a paper (at the same session as James McGrath or was that in a specific Matthew session?) in the Intertextuality in the [...]
Blogesphere Confessional: Palm Sunday creeps me out. Don’t get me wrong, I know that the whole thing has a lot going for it. In the Gospels, Jesus orchestrates the whole thing, sends in the disciples for the donkey, arranges his royal entry, and depending on which gospel you’re reading even rebukes the would-be-rebukers. So what’s [...]
What does it mean to act Christianly and how do we know when we’re doing it? Ruminations on that question sparked thoughts on James earlier this week. When I read that letter I get the overwhelming sense that it is telling us to do all the right things, but I still find myself discontent with [...]
I picked up Samuel Wells’ Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics for a spell this evening. He has great things to say about worship transforming the worshiper. Worship is the time when the conventional rules of the fallen world are suspended, when God is at last addressed as Lord, when time and heart and voice [...]
Luther fan that I am, I have a huge soft-spot in my heart for the whole idea of the NT promoting Christ. You know, the whole life death and resurrection of Jesus thing? I tend to think that stuff is pretty important in defining Christianity and setting the trajectories for faithful Christian action. The idea [...]
This is the first in what will be a series of “debates” about the Christology of the Synoptic Gospels. In short, the question is: do Matthew, Mark, and Luke depict Jesus as in some sense divine or pre-existent? The common ground between the debaters is this: We both affirm that Jesus is the pre-existent son [...]
Well why not? Maybe I can make my blog a running commentary on Christianity Today… I’m now in possession of the April issue, which features a lovely picture of Jesus with a crown of thorns, and the promise of a Scot McKnight article on why the failure to find the “real” Jesus is a good [...]
