Ivy Bush Update
Hi folks, all three of you who are reading this! First of all, I want to thank those of you who have prayed for my father. He is better. There were about six weeks where things were really unsettled in...
View ArticleThe narrowness of heresy and the wideness of the catholic church
"The media seldom acknowledge the obvious fact that the supporters of these books --writings as the Gospel of Truth of Valentinians, the recently published Gospel of Judas, and many others-- never...
View ArticleHistory and Hope
Lift every voice and sing,'Til earth and heaven ring,Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;Let our rejoicing riseHigh as the listening skies,Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.Sing a song full of the...
View ArticleThe Methodists Must Take Heed to their Doctrine
'The Methodists must take heed to their doctrine, their experience, their practice, and their discipline. If they attend to their doctrines only, they will make the people antinomians; if to the...
View ArticleFaith, Reason, and Evangelism
I've been talking with Marvin and Lee about the relationship between faith and reason. I've been trying to represent the view of Lesslie Newbigin, who emphasized that all reason is contingent and...
View ArticleWhy I Love America
because when we are at our best, the USA stands for justice and doing what is rightbecause we try to be a democracy, and as Walter Wink says, democracy is nonviolence institutionalizedbecause we try to...
View ArticleMarva Dawn at the College of Pastoral Leaders
It is my privilege this week to be attending the College of Pastoral Leaders, sponsored by Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and funded by the Lily Endowment. I am participating over the next...
View ArticleOn not knowing whether or not I am progressive
One of my favorite blogs is Levellers, not because I always agree with Michael, but because he usually makes me think. Although Michael has used the term "progressive" many times on his blog, I'm not...
View ArticleN. T. Wright on Reason and War
(ht: Allan Bevere)And here is is a post from a fine new blog called "The N. T. Wright Project." The project is being carried on by some students and a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. The...
View ArticleHauerwas on N. T. Wright
For the first time in print, I have seen Stanley Hauerwas respond to the work of N. T. Wright. N. T. Wright's forthcoming book on virtue and the Christian life is entitled, After You Believe: Why...
View ArticleThe Ten Most Important Theologians in the Wesleyan Tradition
Michael has given me a wonderful challenge: Name, describe, and rank the ten most important theologians in the Wesleyan theological tradition (since John and Charles Wesley). I will do a series of...
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Why Stanley Hauerwas is still considered Methodist
I have been challenged in the past by theobloggers such as Michael and Kim (of Connexions), who have made the assertion that Stanley Hauerwas is no longer a Methodist. I consider this to be an...
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Number 20: Justo González
I have decided to make this series about the 20 most important theologians in the Wesleyan tradition.Number twenty is the Cuban-American Methodist theologian Justo González (1937-).Justo González...
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Number 19: E. Stanley Jones
E. Stanley Jones was born in Baltimore, Md. on January 3, 1884. He was educated in Baltimore schools and studied law at City College before graduating from Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky in 1906. He...
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Number 18: Phoebe Palmer
Phoebe Palmer (1807-1874) comes in at number 18. She was an important lay evangelist who played a key role in the renewal of the Methodist understanding of Christian perfection. She read Wesley and...
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Number 17: William J. Abraham
We continue our series on the twenty most important theologians in the Methodist tradition with a look at William J. ("Billy") Abraham. Born in Belfast in 1947 , Abraham studied at Queen's University,...
View ArticleAllan Bevere and Limited Government
Allan Bevere is writing a series of posts entitled, "A Christian Case for Limited Government." His rather Hauerwasian introduction can be found here. This sounds like it should be interesting. I hope...
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Number 16: William R. Cannon
Next in our series on "The Twenty Most Important Theologians in the Methodist Tradition since the Wesleys" is William R. Cannon (1916-1997). This is the first theologian in the series with whom I had...
View ArticleN. T. Wright, Richard Hays, and others at Wheaton
Last week, Wheaton College hosted a conference entitled: "Jesus, Paul, and the People of God: A Theological Dialogue with N. T. Wright." N. T. Wright spoke, and there were responses from scholars such...
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Number 15: Thomas C. Oden
The reversal occurred when Will Herberg, my irascible, endearing Jewish mentor and my elder colleague at Drew, held me accountable to my religious heritage. He told me straightforwardly that I would...
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