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What is theology about?

Theology, in a nutshell, is about putting people in a position where they can speak a word about God; and since almost everyone has something to say about God, almost everyone is a theologian. Even the atheist usually has very…

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Disability Theology and Flannery O’Connor

Timothy J. Basselin. Flannery O’Connor: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2013. xi +146 pp. $29.95 What does it mean to speak of disability? According to the World Health Organization, over 15% of the global…

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Disability Theology and Flannery O’Connor

Timothy J. Basselin. Flannery O’Connor: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2013. xi +146 pp. $29.95 What does it mean to speak of disability? According to the World Health Organization, over 15% of the global…

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Wheaton Conference Report

For the first time in a number of years I decided to attend the Wheaton Theology Conference.  This year’s conference title–“Jesus, Paul and the People of God: A Theological Dialogue with N. T. Wright”–obviously proved enticing to many.  A conference…

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J.I. Packer and the Evangelical Future

J.I. Packer and the Evangelical FutureEdited by: Timothy George253pBaker (October 2009) Festschrift, like schadenfreude and blitz, is reckoned to be an untranslatable German word. The OED has a go, however:  a festschrift is  ‘a collection of writings presented to a…

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Preaching Romans

I am currently preaching through Paul’s letter to the Romans.  Romans is arguably the greatest letter ever written.  It is majestic in its theme and scope.  It proclaims the gospel, the good news that sinners can be saved from God’s…