A Thinking Reed

  • Red Fang, “Hank Is Dead”

  • “Are you the one who is to come?”

    Tyron Inbody has a very interesting chapter on Christianity and Judaism in his Many Faces of Christology. With “post-Holocaust” theologies, he notes that the contention between Judaism and Christianity isn’t over Jesus’s teachings–which scholars now believe fell largely within the parameters of 1st-century Pharisaic Judaism. Nor is it over his death–which was not the fault…

  • Bad blogger

    I’ve been a little under the weather and extra busy this week, so the Advent series may have to go on hold. I hope to have some more time for blogging soon.

  • Christology and worries about “theosis”

    I’m reading Tyron L. Inbody’s The Many Faces of Christology, and while this isn’t a direct comment on the book, it is inspired by something he writes about. In discussing the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries, Inbody emphasizes that these were about soteriology first and foremost. All the seemingly esoteric talk about…

  • Vektor, “Dark Creations, Dead Creators”

    Just discovered these guys. Shreddy goodness.

  • Gospel meditation for Advent 2

    Reading: Mark 1:1-8 (Common English Bible) The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ, God’s Son, happened just as it was written about in the prophecy of Isaiah: Look, I am sending my messenger before you, He will prepare your way, a voice shouting in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; make…

  • Common English Bible blog tour

    After I posted and tweeted about the new Common English Bible, I was invited to participate in a “blog-tour” for the new translation. I don’t think this makes me particularly special; it seems anyone who wants to can participate. In any event, what participating bloggers are asked to do is to post entries during the…

  • Mumford & Sons, “Winter Winds”

    I’m not feeling very metal this week; I have, however, been enjoying the heck out “Sigh No More”–Mumford & Sons’ album from last year, which I first heard only recently. It’s also happens to be chock-a-block full of Christian themes and imagery, which is pretty interesting for a mainstream pop album. Hope everyone is having…

  • Black Sabbath, “After Forever”

    Prety sure this contains the most weirdly pro-Christian lyrics of any Sabbath song.

  • The miracle of King James’ Bible

    Here is the miracle of the King James Bible in action. Words from a doubly alien culture, not an original text but a translation of ancient Greek and Hebrew manuscripts, made centuries ago and thousands of miles away, arrive in a dusty corner of the New World and sound as they were meant to—majestic but…