July 2010
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God's Church in God's Mission for God's World
Having already read through Bonhoeffer’s Life Together earlier this summer,Mandie and I are now retracing our steps and making new tracks along the way. As of late, she and I have been discussing ecclesiology and the Church’s role in the world (meaning, according to Mandie, we discuss my extremisms). Of course, anything to do with Bonhoeffer goes with politics and the sacred community...
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Fall Semester Courses!
Just registered for the following courses for the fall semester ‘10! Fall Semester Long (9/20 -12/18) Systematic Theology - Ellen Charry - MTF (8:30 - 9:20) Early & Medieval Church History - Paul E. Rorem - MTRF (9:30 - 10:20) Old Testament Studies - Jacqueline E. Lapsley - MTR (10:30 - 11:20) & R (1:00 - 1:50) Speech Communication I - Jeffrey W. Frymire - F (10:30 -11:20) Fall...
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Christian Community as Transhistorical Reality
It is a duty (for all) to re-read the key players of the Christian tradition, particularly the key players of crisis times. Of course, this is not a task that can be completed and shelved in the back bookcases of one’s mind. Neither is it a task that is to make up the creaky, unquestioned foundation of future studies (or else their mistakes would become ours). If anything, we should not have...
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Humility in the Strange World of the Bible
In reading Barth’s Evangelical Theology and discussing certain issues of theological contention with my wife, I’ve noticed a skewed balance in my approaching scripture and theology. As a theology student who accepts the usefulness of higher criticism, it is easy to bring a thoroughly critical mind (one lacquered in the jargon and emphases of contemporary theology) to Scripture. It is...
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No Place Like Home...
So, I received my apartment terms in the mail today. Along with a picture of the apartment building, my address for the next year (possibly three) is given below. See the great window on the bottom left next to the closest green door? Yep, that’s a window into my living (and study!) room. Princeton Theological Seminary 100 Stockton Street - #107 Student Box No. 668 Princeton, New...
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Baptism and Good Music
Joshua James is an Amos for today. As this past semester came to a close my friends and I visited Eddie’s Attic, a listening room in Decatur that interests itself in the growth and development of singer-songwriter artists. Though I had been listening to his music for quite some time, I first saw Joshua James here. It was a prophetic moment in the same vein as the scriptural moments of...
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Christ as the Present Healer: an Experience and...
Our world and way of life is sanitary. We can afford to move undesirable sights and smells to a back lot. We have access to showers, medicines, and numerous tools to cover and void the mere appearance of problem or disease. Our sanitary way of life often moves people to the back lot as well. This is true not only of the dead but also of people with diseases, particularly those facing near or...
