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Critical Theory & Ethics with Dr. Matthew Arbo (Podcast)
Read more: Critical Theory & Ethics with Dr. Matthew Arbo (Podcast)Following up on our previous conversation on Critical Theory from last week (“Understanding Critical Theory with Dr. Scott Coley”), in this episode Amber Bowen, John Anthony Dunne, and Logan Williams are joined by ethicist and political theologian, Dr. Matthew Arbo, who is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Oklahoma Baptist University. Over the course of…
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Tiger King and the Ethics of True Crime Documentaries
Read more: Tiger King and the Ethics of True Crime DocumentariesI recently gave a devotional for student success advisors at Bethel, and I wanted to share a portion of that reflection here. In the midst of this coronavirus situation we’re all obviously impacted in some way, maybe not necessarily physically or financially just yet, though that could come, but we have all experienced disruption to…
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A Word on Character
Read more: A Word on CharacterSelf-mastery, ordered love, and self-examination are key elements to a life of character and virtue. In this post, I will unpack the myths and kernels of truth in each of these elements. Self-Mastery Self-Mastery is not akin to “finding oneself.” I heard a story of a young woman who was headed to medical school but deviated…
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My Dear Wormwood
Read more: My Dear WormwoodDear Wormwood, Seeing as your Uncle Screwtape is busy after being promoted to a particular world leader, he has handed you over to me. Now, my dear Wormwood, I see that the possibility of a human war, and all that leads up to it, has enticed you. It is of vital importance to your mission…
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A Pauline Call for a Christian Meat Taboo
Read more: A Pauline Call for a Christian Meat TabooJohn M.G. Barclay, ‘Food, Christian Identity and Global Warming: A Pauline Call for a Christian Food Taboo’, The Expository Times 121 (2010): 585-93. Over the past couple years I have repeatedly returned to the article listed above. Not because I forget about the main point, but because I find it incredibly compelling. I just keep…
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The Divisiveness of Jesus
Read more: The Divisiveness of Jesus“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” In our world and in our current political climate,…
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Torah and Your Auto Insurance Policy
Read more: Torah and Your Auto Insurance PolicyI work for a major insurance company known nationwide and which can be found in all states… and no, it is not Nationwide or Allstate. I started working for this company just over eight years ago. I started out in a call center taking calls for our auto insurance policy holders. People called in for…
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Review of The Practice of the Body of Christ by Colin D. Miller
Read more: Review of The Practice of the Body of Christ by Colin D. MillerMiller, Colin D. The Practice of the Body of Christ: Human Agency in Pauline Theology after MacIntyre. Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2014. 218 pages. Softcover. Retail: $26.00. Colin D. Miller’s The Practice of the Body of Christ offers a revisionist reading of Romans 5–8 and 12–15, approaching the chapters from the…
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Aberdeen Ethics Conference
Read more: Aberdeen Ethics ConferenceThe University of Aberdeen (in Scotland) will be hosting a conference on the legacy of the Reformation, entitled, The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist. It looks like a fantastic conference and if I hadn’t just moved across the pond I’d be very keen to check it out. The conference will be held 24–25 October, 2014…
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Mission to Outsiders: Ethics & Ethos
Read more: Mission to Outsiders: Ethics & EthosI am very excited because I recently had the opportunity to contribute to two edited volumes that have finally appeared in print. The first volume is entitled, Sensitivity to Outsiders: Exploring the Dynamic Relationship between Mission and Ethics in the New Testament and Early Christianity (WUNT II/364; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014), and the second volume is entitled,…