Monthly Archives: May 2010

NABPR 2010

Posted on May 30, 2010 by RodtRDH

This year, the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion met on the campus of McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the second time that I have been on the campus of McAfee and I enjoyed myself … Continue reading →

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Sugi on Narrative Crticism

Posted on May 30, 2010 by RodtRDH

Recent trends on both the progressive and conservative side of Christian theology have pointed toward a tendency to time and again claim that Scripture is a grand story, and that should only be identified as such.  This claim tends be … Continue reading →

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Community and Individualism

Posted on May 30, 2010 by RodtRDH

A Few Thoughts on a lingering Post Postmodern Binary In Christian circles, particularly the academy, there is this notion that American Christianity was far too influenced by Western modern individualism.  That this RUGGED individualism was detrimental to our society and … Continue reading →

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Trinity Sunday

Posted on May 30, 2010 by RodtRDH

Today is Trinity Sunday.  For the last three Sunday, I gave three different Children’s sermons on the Triune God. I explained that Jesus, as fully human and fully divine has two families, the church here on earth and the Holy … Continue reading →

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Protestant Self-Denigration

Posted on May 30, 2010 by RodtRDH

So recently I have noticed a new phenomenon that seems so ironic. A lot of folks who have grown up in evangelical Protestant homes, as they have actually encountered other forms of Christianity, feel like all that they have learned … Continue reading →

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