Storied Theology

Over on Biologos Pete Enns has a post arguing that Adam is Israel. YES.

[The following is part of an ongoing series in which I blog my thoughts to Douglas A. Campbell, The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul.] In my previous post, most excellent Theophilos, I wrote of all that Deliverance of God began to do and teach with respect to the Reformed Tradition [...]

I confess: it takes a lot sometimes for me to see what Luke’s up to in the way he strings together the Jesus stories. But today I’ve been pondering a possible thread through three pericopes: Jesus’ passion prediction, the disciples subsequent arguing over greatness, and their confession about stopping a guy from exorcising (all in [...]

In the first forays we took in to 1st Isaiah’s expectations of return from exile, I suggested that Isaiah proclaims an expectation that the exile itself will be purifying and atoning for the people’s sins. Moreover, I advocated reading 2d and 3d Isaiah as responses, at least in part, to the failure of these prophecies. [...]

Last week we started looking at the question of how to read Isaiah’s failed anticipations of restoration from exile as Christian scripture (part 1, part 2). At this point in my life I remain skeptical of the value of creedal “narratives” to help us find our way, or of Trinitarian hermeneutics to do much better. [...]

True confessions: I’m a theological reader of the scripture. [A stunned silence grips the crowd.] Ok, that comes as no surprise to anyone. But if you’re not in the biblical studies world, where “theological interpretation” is a movement gathering a full head of steam, you might be surprised to learn that I’m more than a [...]