Reformation
Bible Tuesdays: The Serpent in the Wilderness
It’s become fashionable in some Protestant circles to talk about inspiring virtue not through dry […]
Fighting a Long-Lost Battle in Romans 7
From Mark Seifrid of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: “Paul does not speak of the Christian […]
Karl Barth on The Humanity of God
The great Swiss theologian addresses the task of preaching, from a late-career book of the […]
Man’s Prosthetic God: Technologies of Glory and the Still-Present Need for Salvation
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote some thoughts on identity and freedom, prompted in […]
Another Week Ends: Reciprocal Favors, Atheism’s Biggest Challenge, The New Yorker Profiles Francis I, Declining WASPs, Social Media Christmas Cards, Asce …
1. New Year’s Resolutions: we’ve said about all we’re going to say concerning a yearly ritual of personal bootstrapping, but some […]
Resolved to Fail: Honesty and Personal Transformation
Well, time for our annual skepticism of New Year’s resolutions to take off a little (despite […]
Another Week Ends: Flannery Prays, Calvin Outsells Luther, More ‘Millenials’-ism, Next-Next-Gen Gaming Consoles (PSILOVU), Backfiring Discipline, Zombie I …
1. Well, we knew about Mary Flannery’s early life of training chickens to walk backward (1932); it […]
Halloween/Reformation Day Linkathon: Equal Opportunity Holidays, Fat Letters, Midnight Coteries, The Returned and more Lou Reed
A quick grab bag in honor of the day: 1. Over at Liberate Nick Lannon […]
Luther on Christian Freedom and the Bondage of the Law
Again, Happy Reformation Day! From his Commentary on Galatians: Paul seemeth here to compare those […]
The Reformation Redirection
Happy Reformation Day. If you’ve been following MBird for a while now, then you’ll not […]
John Gray and the Politics of Grace
“To think that human beings are freedom-loving, you have to be ready to view nearly […]
Anxious About Grace: Some Thoughts on Max Weber
Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) has been immensely influential, […]
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