Last week we transitioned into a deeper layer of study into who Christ is; the author began to unpack his justification for calling Jesus our High Priest. He is developing a line of thought on why the law isn’t necessary, why we as Gentiles don’t need to go to the temple for sacrifices, why what Christ did was a once-for-all event that changed everything.

This morning I asked a question on Twitter: Here is a response & re-response: So let me now unpack what exactly I was getting at with this question, some of the implications, and what is a possible solution. First the question The original question was essentially this: what will the nature of our redeemed bodies [...]

Earlier today I had the following stream of conversation on twitter (read bottom to top), Here is my reply. Let me first lay the context of the original statement, which is actually a stolen quote from Rowan Williams’ book. He is talking about Sonya, the character from Crime and Punishment, who Dostoevsky creates as the [...]

I just finished the first chapter of a book (Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, & Fiction, written by Rowan Williams) that from the introduction has been shaping into a wonderfully insightful book on Dostoevsky’s writing, specifically the religious-theological aspects within his work. One of key concepts which has emerged for me so far, is the importance of [...]

Our reading will be focused on Romans 6:15-8:39, which is session 5 in the Eisenbaum study guide.

This week we will be continuing our study by looking at Romans 5:1 – 6:14.

Mystics held their knowledge/enlightenment close to them, only revealing pieces to the student as they were ready. It was understood that the understanding of God took much time, rarely ever if at all, to comprehend or experience. Today it seems the message of Jesus has been boiled down so greatly, one is capable of explaining [...]

Yesterday I read a very interesting essay from a book titled The Marxian Legacy, which included a discussion about the tension of revolutionary writing between: theory and praxis, present and future. Basically when Marx, or any other revolutionary theorist, writes he is talking about the present and how it structured and also talking about the [...]