After completing N.T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God there is one question that is central, what exactly serves as the vindication of Jesus? He spends much ink in the second half of the book outlining what the eschatological/apocalyptic/messianic means in terms of 1st century Judaism and then how Jesus likely understood and redefined. Within [...]

I have been reading through N.T. Wright’s major work in progress Christian Origins and the Question of God. I am a little ways into the second volume in the series, but from volume 1 and what I have read so far from volume 2 there is one thing which makes me keep reading with appreciation [...]

There has been this nagging question for many years, which is better {or rather which is right} to sacrifice one’s self & aspirations for those around you or to sacrifice it all for some great accomplishment. Translated, is it better to be the family man or hero (be it politically/militarily, defeating fascism; or scientifically, curing [...]

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 [...]