Oct 4, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
The Moral Theology of the Devil Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:12 PM PDT Tonight I watched part two of the Ken Burn’ film “Prohibition” on PBS—a brilliant documentary on America’s fourteen year ill-fated war on alcohol. It’s a classic study in good intentions gone...
Oct 1, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Hints and Guesses Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:15 PM PDT Hints and Guesses My favorite thought is the Incarnation. My favorite poet (after Dylan) is T.S. Eliot. Here is a snippet of T.S. Eliot poetry that touches on Incarnation....
Sep 13, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
by BRIAN ZAHND on SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 That Preacher of Peaceby Brian Zahnd In his bizarre and surrealistic novel, The Master and Margarita, the critically acclaimed 20th century Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov creates a fascinating conversation...
Sep 6, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
________________________________________ This morning I read an op-ed piece by a local freelance journalist entitled “Finding Their Religion”. In the column the journalist writes rather disparagingly about “organized religion,” likening it, as Nietzsche did, to...
Aug 12, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
God is like Jesus.God has always been like Jesus.There has never been a time when God was not like Jesus.We have not always known what God is like—But now we do. Consider these two foundational truths of Christian theology: 1. God is immutable. i.e. God...
Jul 27, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
“Evil is to be overcome by forgiveness. As likewise is violence.”-John Milbank, Christ the Exception Jesus gives us an alternative to violence. Forgiveness. Jesus didn’t just theorize about it, he lived it. On the cross Christ made his message credible. He lived it...
