I've decided to embark on an exploration of poverty and social justice with respect to the biblical text. "Social justice" is currently a hot-button issue and, in my view, is a term easily manipulated by politicians and theologians who want to wield political...
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ETS-SBL Musings: Imprecatory Prayer
Just got back from the week of conferences. A tough trip getting there (15 hours due to flight delays and three flight legs . . . I have a history of hard travel experiences). But easy coming back, thankfully. One of the papers I attended was on the theology of...
A Few Thoughts on Job
This will be brief (I know, you're amazed). Basically, the message of Job is fairly simple, but some would say not very comforting. When Job and God have their conversation at the end of the book, God's answer to his (and the reader's) implicit question of why the...