Posts from the Blog of an (un)Tamed Cynic
Reading: Luke 12:32-48 Reflection The simple message of this passage is this: be ready when Christ returns to usher in the kingdom of God. When considered in the context of the early church, it becomes more complicated. Most of the New Testament writers expected Christ to return within their lifetime. They spoke in urgent and [...]
This is a sermon I preached yesterday. The text is Acts 9:36-43. Eleven days ago violent storms ripped through many parts of our country. I remember seeing a news report about a massive tornado in northern Arkansas that, among other buildings and homes, completely destroyed a church. No one was injured, but I couldn’t help [...]
In his ongoing #progGod series of posing theological questions to progressive Christian bloggers, Tony Jones asks, “Why a crucifixion?” I first wrote an answer to this question a year ago (read it here) in response to Tony’s ebook A Better Atonement. Here is the essence of my take on the crucifixion: I (still) don’t think [...]
In his “Questions that Haunt Christianity Series,” Tony Jones is tackling the question, “What are we being saved from?” Rather than post a long comment on his blog, I figured I’d write a post about this myself. This is a topic that I think about quite a bit, because it seems that the answer to [...]
“Now, master, let your servant go in peace according to your word, because my eyes have seen your salvation. You prepared this salvation in the presence of all peoples. It’s a light for revelation to the Gentiles and a glory for your people Israel.” (Luke 2:29-32) What do you think Simeon saw in baby Jesus [...]
