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Category Archives: Bible
Podcast: Last Supper and Lord’s Supper
In this week’s podcast Derek, Matt, and I discuss the event of the Last Supper, its significance in the context of the gospel narratives, and its relationship to our continued celebration of the Lord’s Supper. You can also follow the podcast on … Continue reading
Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 6: The Climactic Word
The sixth part of my ten part series on the Transfiguration and the Christian reading of Scripture has just been published: Moses and Elijah speak with Jesus about his departure–literally his ‘Exodus’–that he was about to ‘fulfil’ in Jerusalem. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Exodus, Guest Post, Hermeneutics, Luke, NT, NT Theology, OT, Revelation, Theological
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Podcast: What is Appropriate in Worship?
This week we had a podcast time and subject lined up, but Matt wasn’t around and Derek couldn’t make it at the very last moment. Andrew has been in some conversations about whether dancing has a place in churches and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church History, Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Liturgical Theology, Podcasts, Society, The Church, Theological, Worship
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The Politics of the King’s Donkey
I’ve just posted over on Political Theology Today, discussing the Lukan narrative of Christ’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem: Indeed, the signs of the establishment of the kingdom and of Saul as king given by Samuel correlate remarkably with the signs that … Continue reading
Posted in #Luke2Acts, 1 Samuel, Bible, Guest Post, Lent, Luke, NT, NT Theology, OT, Politics, Theological
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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 5: The High Priest and the New Temple
The fifth part of my ten part series on the Transfiguration went online earlier. Within this post, I discuss Temple and priestly themes within the gospel accounts of the Transfiguration: In light of Jesus’ revelation as the great and glorious … Continue reading
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Lent 2016
The following are a few Lent related links from previous years. My (uncompleted) Forty Days of Exoduses series from 2013 Lent, Individualism, and Christian Piety (an email conversation with Jake Meador)
The Politics of Spectacle
My latest guest post has just gone up over on Political Theology Today: Sovereignty has historically been manifested and exercised in no small measure through spectacle and through glory. The regal finery with which monarchs are attired, the imposing grandeur … Continue reading
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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 4: Jesus as God’s Glory Face in John’s Gospel
The fourth part of my ten part treatment of the Transfiguration and Christian reading of Scripture went online earlier today on Reformation21. The claim in John 1:18–‘no one has seen God at any time’–is a statement that needs to be … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Guest Post, John, NT, NT Theology, Theological
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The Politics of Representational Rule
My latest post over on Political Theology Today is a discussion of the lessons that we may learn about political representation from Paul’s teaching about the Church in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11: Woven throughout the passage is an account of both … Continue reading
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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 3: Transfiguration as Theophany
The third part of my series (parts 1 and 2) on the Transfiguration and our reading of Scripture has just been published over on Reformation21: When the Angel is accompanied by the Glory, it is the Glory-Face of the LORD … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Guest Post, Luke, NT, NT Theology, OT Theology, Scripture, The Gospels, Theological
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