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He Gave Us Fiction

tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Should Christians read, and be shaped by, fiction? Yes, yes they should. (( The title of this post was inspired by Pratt’s excellent He Gave Us Stories. ))

Paul's Theology is His History

tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Wrede brought an end to 19th century liberalism by famously demonstrating that Paul’s religion is his theology. The liberals wanted to seperate the two–the modern Christian can and should extract Paul’s Christ mysticism and ethic of love from Paul’s outdated ideas about a retributive God and coming judgement. Wrede rightly pointed out that this attempt to remove some pure religious fruit (ethics) while discarding such an unpalatable theological husk (judgement) was no longer tenable. Paul’s religious practice is grounded in his theological dogma; the two are welded together, permanently indisoluble.

You Stole that from Us

tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been working through Larry Hurtado’s Destroyer of the Gods with great appreciation. Here’s the wonderful way he describes his aim: