Apr 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Heretical Commentary: Essay 1 "Why do you live like you're going to die, Alfred?" Heresy comes to mind when I think about the insanity of actually making this internal inquiry public. I'm either losing my mind or actually beginning to get it back...
Apr 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
From David Dark, The Sacredness of Questioning Everything (Zondervan, 2011). … A forthright honesty about how little we know is a luxury many of us feel we can't afford if right belief is our salvation, if we are saved because of the intensity with...
Apr 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Part 1 I just got a call that–while I was at a meeting with Presbyterian pastors about a "Gang Initiative" helping involve churches in these very neighborhoods–there was a shooting. Some rival Norteños came through the Cannondale...
Apr 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
What if God was only giving the Devil enough rope to hang himself on that dark April day when he hung up God’s Son to torment and shame? I may be wrong, but what if the only wrath shown against Jesus at the cross was the wrath of Satan, who was about to get his...
Mar 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Law is consistent. Grace is inconsistent. The cross is the sign of contradiction–destroying the seriousness of the law, of the Empire, of the armies, of blood sacrifice, and of obsession. But the magicians keep turning the Cross to their own purposes. Yes, it is...