Tag Archive: Theology

Weekly Video – Jeremy Begbie

In the first sidebar to the right you will find a regular feature - Weekly Video. Each week I post a video that has intrigued me for one reason or another. It may be the music of a newly discovered artist or group. Sometimes the video is a clip from a favorite author or friend. ...

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Candid from Canada – Jordon Cooper on Theological Conversations

One of these days I want to visit Saskatoon. Jordon tells me it is a beautiful place and a trip to Cooper Cabin could be just as fun asĀ  our sharing space ...

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(Not) Sponsor – John Franke

According to a recovering addict friend of mine, everyone has an addiction. He may well be right. Tim Keller suggests everyone suffers the possession of a "functional idol." That is, everyone gives something a place in their life that would change everything were it removed. So religious and non-religious all share a "functional idol" that ...

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Theoblogging Mashup – Philip Clayton and Harve Cox

Cross-pollination. Intersections. Peanut butter and chocolate. Theology and Science. Faith and Culture. Right and Left. Clayton and Cox. Here at The Edge of the Inside we never shy away from reading divergent opinions and engaging different perspectives. Just last week we mashed a little ...

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Theology and Context – Bob “Good Point” Hyatt

N.T. Wright uses the "steering wheel" to make some good points about justification in his new book, Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision. Arguing for reading the words translated "righteousness" in the Old and New Testaments in their historic contexts, Wright suggests we may have found a shorthand word in justification that we are asking ...

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Intersecting Andy Stanley and Tony Jones – Uncertain and Confident

Uncertainty and forgiveness may get you fired? Reading over at Out of Ur this morning left me thinking of some of my own experiences. The writer points to Andy Stanley's talk at Catalyst West about leadership in the throes of uncertainty as opposed to "wrinkle-free" environs. I was left ruminating about some of ...

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Pathological Divisiveness – Reflections from ABQ Pt 3

During my days in Seminary I readn an article editing the experience of church splits. The author actually spun church splits into a methodology for church growth - planting churches! Years later I am want for a Christian denomination without the experience of division. But alas to begin one simply means sooner or later a divsion ...

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Emerging – Adjective or Verb (Reflection on Albuquerque Pt 2)

In something of a "let's see where our opposition comes from" move, denominations have been fearing the "emerging church" and yet have a hard time identifying it. That may be due to the fact it is more a verb than an adjective. Consider.

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Peter Rollins – The Third Mile

Another compelling parable from Peter Rollins.

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Reading with Fitch and Holsclaw

Recently I committed to review several books for TheOoze.com. I intended to get about four books over the course of a year. I received Pete Gall's My Beautiful Idol and wrote a couple of posts. Not long after I received about five books. I will get to them slowly. Not only do I ...

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