Growing up reading Aesop’s Fables, led me to analytically read stories for the “moral.” The story was easy to dispense with once I knew the moral of the story. Years of college and seminary helped solidify this approach to the Scriptures. While there is little doubt a person could … Continue reading

For some time I have heard people refer to our time as “post-Christian.” In this sense the prefix “post” carriees the idea of “anti”. This use of the prefix “post” is accepted when decrying the demise of a “Judeo-Christian” ethic in the USA. Apply this prefix to the word … Continue reading

Sometimes traditions obscure the light given in Scripture. From time to time I get calls from younger pastors who have faced what Marshall Shelley refers to as “well intentioned dragons.” These unwitting flame-throwers often lob thier WMD’s in the form of a tradition placed on par or above Scripture.… Continue reading

NT Wright, the Anglican Bishop of Durham and noted scholar on the Apostle Paul, is in the process of writing a series of works on Christian Origins and The People of God. This project will eventually be five volumes in length. He has already published three volumes – tomes.… Continue reading