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In Rosemary Ruether’s “The Prophetic, Iconoclastic Christ”, there are two significant themes that emerge for me. First and foremost is the truth of the gospel presented as a dismantling of the current “hierarchy” or power structure. Ruether states that:

The gospel turns upside down the present order… This reversal of order . . . → Read More: To Serve or Not to Serve: Dismantling the Hierarchy

The seminary I attend has a stated “inclusive language” policy which generates a certain level of controversy.  It states:

Believing that God creates and redeems humanity by “word” and “word made flesh,” the MTS community takes seriously the agency of language within the classroom and the sanctuary. The use of inclusive language . . . → Read More: Inclusive Language: My New Perspective

Growing up, my family and I attended a fundamental holiness church; very charismatic and intently focused on “personal” revelation.  I remember asking our pastor one evening, “Where did the other people Cain encountered come from?”  His reply was, “That’s a question that can only be answered through revelation.”  Of course he . . . → Read More: Knowing God

Here’s another quizz from Quizfarm. It’s titled Which Theologian Are You?

My results…

  You scored as Anselm. Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man’s primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what . . . → Read More: Which Theologian Are You?

This “What’s Your Eschatology” quiz has been around for several months, but I just now had the opportunity to take it. No suprises here, although I must confess, I’ve studied eschatology just enough to consider myself a staunch pan-millenialist. Meaning I believe it will all “pan-out” in the end. It is fun . . . → Read More: What's Your Eschatology

In a recent article , in The United Methodist Reporter, Rev. Donald W. Haynes discusses the apparent lack of "free will" authors. He also mentions the "secret weapon" of early methodism – Books. In "Why are United Methodists Mute in face of Calvinism?" he states… "If we have no free will, we . . . → Read More: Why are United Methodists Mute in face of Calvinism?

Click on the graphic for a larger image. I based my design of the diagram of the Trinity on the classical Shield of the Trinity, which you can see examples of here on Wikipedia. Often times when people ask me to explain the doctrine of the Trinity, I’ll reply, “I can’t explain . . . → Read More: Understanding the Trinity