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Category Archives: Guest Post
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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Religious Violence and the Logic of Sacrifice
A very short piece of mine has just been published over on the Political Theology Today blog, on the question of the relationship between religion and violence. Here, I believe, we find a helpful place to begin a discussion of … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Post, Politics, Society, The Church, Theological
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Infant Baptism and the Promise of Grace
An article of mine on the subject of infant baptism and Reformation debates concerning the relationship between grace and the administration of the sacrament of baptism has just been published over on Reformation21. In characterizing magisterial Reformed objections to the … Continue reading
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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The Politics of Continual Thanksgiving
The Political Theology Today blog has been offline over the past week, so my latest post has gone up a week late. To some, this defining Christian practice of thanksgiving may appear to be rather unpromising as a source of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Colossians, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, NT, Politics, Society, The Church, Theological, Worship
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Review of Nate Pyle’s Man Enough
My review of Nate Pyle’s Man Enough: How Jesus Redefines Manhood has just been published over on The Gospel Coalition website. Pyle’s discussion of “proving” manhood would’ve also benefited from more careful attention to the ways manhood can be defined in opposition to boyhood. Manhood … Continue reading
Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 2: Transfiguration and Exodus
The second of my ten part series of posts on the Transfiguration and Christian reading of Scripture has just been published over on Reformation21 (if you haven’t already read it, the first part is here). Luke’s account of the Transfiguration … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Exodus, Guest Post, Hermeneutics, Luke, NT, NT Theology, OT, Theological
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Embracing Embodiment: Baptism and the Nuptial Meaning of the Body
The final part of my three part series on baptism and the body has just been posted over on the Theopolis Institute website. Despite its familiarity, 1 Corinthians 6:19a is a scriptural text that retains much of its capacity to … Continue reading
Presenting Limbs and Organs: Baptism and Sacrificial Ethics
A post of mine on the subject of Baptism and Christian obedience has just been posted over on the Theopolis Institute. It is the second of a three part series and continues the argument begun in my first post ‘Sealed … Continue reading
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