Here’s a complete listing of all my posts, by topic. (Note some posts appear under multiple headings.) If you want to comment on an older post, feel free; the site will email me a notificaton. Thanks!
(Updated 8-22-2009)
Exegesis
What I’m Doing Here (How I read the Bible)
Matthew and the Problem of Transparency
Speeches and the Bible
Old Testament / Hebrew Bible:
Genesis 1–2 in Later Interpretations (see Intertextuality below)
Exodus as Heist? (Exodus 3–12)
Protection (1 Samuel 25)
The Peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122)
Hope and Despair in Exile (a sermon on Jeremiah 29)
Baal and Mythology (the Canaanite Baal myth)
New Testament:
Matthew and the Problem of Transparency
Is Matthew Anti-Jewish? (Matthew 5, 8, 15, 27)
The Sermon (Matthew 5–7)
Virtue as Act: Throwing Money at Larry James (Matthew 6:1-4)
Matthew Takes on Pilate (Matthew 27:11-26)
Jesus Before Pilate (Mark 15:2-15; Luke 23:2-25)
Mary and Paul (a sermon on Luke 1:46-55; 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10)
What He Could Not Keep (Luke 16)
The Irony of Injustice (Luke 22)
“Let There Be Interpretations” (John 1)
Real Presence (a sermon on John 6:35-51)
Confusion and Explanation in John 6 (John 6:25-65)
Proclaiming the Unknown God (a sermon on Acts 17:16-34)
Adding Bumps to the Roman Road (Romans)
The Faith of Abraham (Romans 4)
Ruining Luther’s Favorite Bible Verse (Romans 7)
Titus and the Character of a Christian (Titus)
1 Peter and the Christian Way of Life (1 Peter)
The Gospel According to John (of Patmos) (Revelation)
Biblical Theology:
¿What is Theology?
Essence of the Gospel
Christianity Among the Religions
Can We Jettison Apocalypticism?
Churches of Christ:
Baptism at 13 = Infant Baptism?
The Pitfall of Rejecting Tradition
An Early Church of Christ Worship Service
One Page Introductions:
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Bar Kokhba Revolt
Apocalypticism
God and Violence:
Primer Q’s on Divine Violence
Currents of Divine Violence through the Old and New Testaments
The Elect and Divine Justice
Sin, Wrath, Flood, Cross
Intertextuality and Theology:
“Let there be Interpretations” (Genesis 1 and John 1)
The Word Became Flesh (John 1 & 1 John 1)
Interpretation and Subversion (Genesis 1 and Gnosticism)
D’oh!-zart: The Simpsons v. Amadeus (Guest Post by Justin Burton)
Dirt into Dirt (Genesis 1–2, Exodus 33, and the Epistle of Barnabas)
New Creation: It Sounds Good to Me (Genesis 1 and Acappella)
Language and Scripture:
Calvary, Kranion, and the KJV
Helpmeet as a real word?
Yahweh and Baal: Which is “Lord”?
Life in the Body
Part 1: Seeking a Cross-Generational Church
Part 2: Common What?
Part 3: Loving One Another
Part 4: Love Not With Words
Part 5: A Place to Start
Christianity and Society:
Religion and Education on the Dilbert Blog
Katrina Takes Aim
Fall Work Camp
The Peace of Jerusalem
Critical Thinking and Email Forwards (formerly The Really Scary thing about Christians)
Poets Die and Who’s to Blame?
[Sigh]: Public School Funding
Virtue as Act: Throwing Money at Larry James
Hope Built on What?
Miscellaneous:
Tempest in an Academic Teacup
(1955-1997) (the Legacy of Rich Mullins)
61 Will Do
Sore Loser
Jars of Clay (the Metaphor, Not the Band)
Process of a Fair Election