One of the saddening things experienced listening to N.T. Wright lecture at Wheaton College was his poor response to the critique of not working more with the Christian tradition and other disciplines/scholars besides a narrow set of New Testament scholars. While he seemed amiable towards the other speakers at the conference (not to mention that [...]

In the middle of N.T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God (JVG), he has a discussion about repentance, as it is in Jesus’ proclamation found in Mark 1.15: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” The contemporary connotations abound rather negatively towards this word repent. It [...]

I have been watching Art:21 documentaries with the wife & kids lately. If you are not familiar, Art:21 is a PBS documentary series which explores the works & artists of contemporary visual arts; they build each episode upon a theme and pick 4-5 artists to highlight. It has been interesting looking at how these contemporary [...]

If you follow me on twitter you have seen my progress through Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy. It has been a interesting read, even if I disagree with a lot of his commentary. In his concluding remarks on Hegel, he poses an interesting reflection upon the purpose of the State, contrasting Hegel against [...]

I’ve been thinking about hypocrisy recently, and the following half-baked idea came to mind: My Christian life is like the ridiculous consumer driven ‘green eco-friendly’ products. We Americans are an idealistic lot on the whole. We like to dream big. We like to talk about change—though the actual following through is where we often fall short. How [...]