17 Nov
If you are interested in the question of how the Bible relates to your life as a Christian, then Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology (Zondervan, 2009) is a book for you. Here are the four views in brief:
Principlizing (Walter Kaiser): We move beyond the Bible by [...]
11 Nov
I’m not sure why I haven’t pointed this out on the blog before, but if you have some time on your hands, and want to listen to some phenomenal teaching, click here to access the 2009 David Jones Lectures in Theology and Ethics at Covenant Seminary, delivered by Christopher Wright. Dr. Wright is one of [...]
11 Nov
The word is disponibilité. Yes, it is a French word, and one that is really hard to translate into English and maintain the fullness of its meaning. That is why many people involved in dramatic improvisation (even those that speak English!) still use this word that was introduced by the French dramatist Jaque Lecoq. Basically, [...]
10 Nov
In an earlier post, I asked the question of what it would take for us to be, as Paul says in Titus 3:1, “ready to do good works.” What sort of things prepare us for improvising our role in the theodrama?
First, I think it is important to point out that unlike actors preparing for a [...]
6 Nov
People ask what I am studying a lot, and I always have to decide in the moment if I am going to say the short or long version. My short version has been going like this: “I am studying Christian ethics as improvisation with a particular emphasis on poverty.”
But I don’t really like having to [...]
4 Nov
In Titus 3:1, Paul exhorts Titus to remind his people to “be ready for every good work.” Similarly, he writes to Timothy that he wants those in the household of God to be “ready for every good work” (2 Tim 2:21). In other words, Paul desires this community of Christians to display a readiness to [...]
21 Oct
Stanley Hauerwas has been stating the case for more than twenty-five years now that “every social ethic involves a narrative, whether it is concerned with the formulation of basic principles of social organization and/or concrete policy alternatives” (A Community of Character, 9). In other words, every time someone makes a choice to do the good, [...]
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