Monthly Archives: December 2009

MyFave Five 2009

Here are my favorite blog posts from 2009. FYI: I did not choose favorite based on the number of hits. Those distinctions belong to my posts on theology and sports, or theology and music or theology and the movies for … Continue reading

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New Years Day, 1863

Imagine, you are an enslaved African. Your grandmother, your great grandmother, your great great grandmother had all lived lives of bondage on plantations. It’s December 31st, 1862, New Years’ Eve. And then the next day, you can walk away from … Continue reading

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My Soul Looks Back: 2009 in Review

The very first James Cone book I read was in undergrad for the Religious Studies Senior Seminar was entitled My Soul Looks Back. And to this day, the professors sort of regret assigning us this text because it had very … Continue reading

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The Roman Road

Everyone has heard of The Roman Road message for evangelism. That magical formula that sends us to send heaven.  Many Christians argue that Paul’s letter to the  Christians  in Rome was his great theological treatise and that all of his … Continue reading

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Expediency

Sometimes I think to myself, and wonder, would it not be socially expedient to renounce my pacifism, make life so easier on myself?  I would be more popular. Life is a popularity contest. Everyone else is doing it. Isn’t that … Continue reading

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