- Theology is (often slanderous) talk about God.
- Perhaps the one thing we humans do that's the most hilarious: Thinking we know what we're doing. We humans are nothing if not stupid.
- Some people proudly proclaim "Jesus saved me!" -- in a way that most resembles having a winning scratch-off lottery ticket. And we all know how well lottery winners keep what they've won.
- After watching last night's Duke-UNC game, I made a revelation about preaching: Sermons are often lost or won in the last five minutes.
- You might say that in Jesus God learned to speak the language of humans. Fluency, however, failed him: He never did get the grammar of violence.
- Consider American Sniper: Why was this not filmed at the Coliseum?
- Consider Fifty Shades of Grey: Why was this not filmed in a dungeon?
- If Americans were honest about the Great Commission, it'd read: "And Jesus came and said to them: 'All power is given on heaven and earth to me; go therefore and make disciples of all nations ...'" Then he paused for a second and said, "... with American exceptionalism".
- Matthew 4: What Jesus learned in the Wilderness is something American Christians have yet to learn -- there's nothing fails like success.
- What is "contemporary worship"? A form of liturgical hazing by the Fraternity of the Initiated. (This observation brought to you from a conversation with a worship leader, too!
A "restless" theologian in service to the church of Jesus Christ