Category Archives: Theologia

Mondays with Michael Spencer: June 20, 2016

Mondays with Michael Spencer: June 20, 2016 Today we continue a series of Monday posts with excerpts of Michael Spencer’s thoughts about the Bible and what it does and does not promise to do for us. • • • If you are not used to reading the current non-Christian approach to Paul, I’m here to tellContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: June 20, 2016”

Mondays with Michael Spencer: June 6, 2016

Mondays with Michael Spencer: June 6, 2016 Today we continue a series of Monday posts with excerpts of Michael Spencer’s thoughts about the Bible and what it does and does not promise to do for us. • • • So why do we have four Gospels? To get the story right, and to get all theContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: June 6, 2016”

Mondays with Michael Spencer: May 30, 2016

Mondays with Michael Spencer: May 30, 2016 Today we continue a series of Monday posts with excerpts of Michael Spencer’s thoughts about the Bible and what it does and does not promise to do for us. • • • I don’t believe in inerrancy, a view of how scripture is inspired that means well, but justContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: May 30, 2016”

Another Look: One Human Action, Profound Effects — Jesus and Adam

Note from CM: Since this subject came up in the discussion yesterday, I thought I would re-post a piece that I recommended in a comment (with edits and updates). I have also inserted additional material from another post, called “Paul, Christ, and Adam.” • • • Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world,Continue reading “Another Look: One Human Action, Profound Effects — Jesus and Adam”

Another Look: My View of Scripture (updated)

Here is another look at something I wrote back in 2011. I present again, for your consideration and discussion, a summary of my perspective on Scripture (at this point in my understanding). It has increased from ten points to eleven in five years, and has been updated in a few places. The Bible is fromContinue reading “Another Look: My View of Scripture (updated)”

Mondays with Michael Spencer: May 16, 2016

Mondays with Michael Spencer: May 16, 2016 Today we begin a series of Monday posts with excerpts of Michael Spencer’s thoughts about the Bible and what it does and does not promise to do for us. • • • One of the aspects of “popular” Christianity that I really struggle with is the belief thatContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: May 16, 2016”

Let’s Discuss: Mulder and Scully get theological

Mulder and Scully get theological I’m fighting a bad cold as I write this, and find that my mind is not in a state conducive to writing. As I lay on the sofa tonight, blowing my nose and drinking my tea, The X-Files Reopened gave me something to ponder. At the end of episode 5, “Babylon,” inContinue reading “Let’s Discuss: Mulder and Scully get theological”

Fr. Stephen Freeman: An Important Conversation – How Should We Think About the Bible as History?

An Important Conversation – How Should We Think About the Bible as History? by Fr. Stephen Freeman Fr. Freeman blogs at Glory to God for All Things • • • A recent conversation on the blog seemed worth a full article. The question centered around the problem of the historical character of the Biblical record.Continue reading “Fr. Stephen Freeman: An Important Conversation – How Should We Think About the Bible as History?”

Richard Beck on a faith of deepening contrasts

The following is a quote from a recent post by Richard Beck at his blog, Experimental Theology. I encourage you to click the link and read the entire piece. It’s especially fun the way he teases out his point with references to Johnny Cash, Dorothy Day, and Flannery O’Connor. He describes a phenomenon I’ve seenContinue reading “Richard Beck on a faith of deepening contrasts”