Measuring the Ark
Some folks in Kentucky are planning to build a theme park featuring what they will advertise as an exact replica of Noah’s Ark. The story is in the news these days, because the state government is encouraging the project by offering tax breaks to the planners. I’m not going to address that controversy. But I […]
Money Talks
This piece originally appeared at purposedriven.com
At a recent gathering of theological educators, I heard a series of three talks on...
On Seminaries and Dinosaurs
I watched the “Jurassic Park” movies. At least two of them—I’m pretty sure I did not see the third, and I probably...
MY “Bible Prophecy” (and Violin-playing) Past
The recent publicity given to a failed prophecy about the Rapture brought up some memories for me about my own brief involvement in a...
Failed Prophecy
As it became clear that May 21, 2011 was going to pass without the predicted “Rapture of the Faithful,” I began to think quite...
A Final Word (from me at least) on Belhar
Some of my friends in at least three Reformed/Presbyterian denominations are upset with me because of previous my blog postings on the Belhar Confession....
A Vote for a Poetic Revision
Although it is not exactly a Christmas hymn, the words (and tune) of “In Christ Alone” were going through my head often...
Saying Something Theological
When the well-known Christian ethicist James Gustafson gave the 1981 Ryerson Lectures at the University of Chicago, he chose as his title,...
Saddam’s Execution: Is It Justified
I saw the news channels’ tape of Saddam Hussein’s execution, and I have to confess that I also sought out the grainy...
The Difficulty of Self-Knowledge
Here is a passage that I often return to, from the inaugural address of one of my presidential predecessors, Edward John Carnell:
Whoever...
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