My church’s Pub Theology crew wanted to discuss the doctrine of Revelation. As is my custom, I created a worksheet to help start our conversation: Working Definition: Revelation unveils the Unknown. What is it: An experience, an event, an inspiration that moves one beyond the vision of the ordinary. Transcendent Transformative What is it not: RevelationContinue reading “charlottesville and revelation”
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driscoll’s misreading of revelation
“I am suspending the name (of) “God” in scare quotes. That sends the (strong) theologians heading for the exits, because they are looking for something to save them, to keep them safe.” – John Caputo in The Insistence of God: A Theology of Perhaps (pg. 10) In his sermon series on the Decalogue, Pastor Mark Driscoll ofContinue reading “driscoll’s misreading of revelation”
praying for peace in syria
Pope Francis called the church and the world to pray for peaceful resolutions in Syria. Indeed, the world needs more people to focus on peace and non-violent solutions. For my class, Revelation: Economy, Ecology, and Empire, the first assignment given was to read all of Revelation and figure out who the writer believes to beContinue reading “praying for peace in syria”
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