From Richard Beck’s blog Experimental Theology:
In James Cone’s recent book The Cross and the Lynching Tree he makes the argument that the cross and the lynching tree need to form a dialectic. If the two are separated the cross becomes innocuous and meaningless. As Cone writes:
Unfortunately, during the course of [...]
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Happy New Year for readers of The Burner Blog!
The Burner is two years old this month, and traffic is growing!
Let us know how we’re doing and what you would like to see more of in the comments.
May the Lord guide and provide this year for all of us as [...]
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This is the Icon Bronco, an amazing restoration/redesign of the 1966-77 Ford Bronco. The Bronco was not necessarily a sophisticated choice when new, and does not appear to be one now. It’s boxy, it looks old and even the president of Icon found the untouched original to be unpleasant [...]
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Slate’s William Saletan is not necessarily sympathetic to American Christian culture, but he writes very intelligent posts.
Today, he takes on the underlying themes of Christian theocracy in Republican presidential nominees’ campaign speeches.
While, Christians would like all Americans to be better Christians, do you really want to live under the government described [...]
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A common occurrence as a youth minister is the frequent church member who says ”Do you know teenagers are cutting or sexting or experimenting with erotic asphyxiation?” So here is an article of a new trend that I was unaware of, but doesn’t exactly shock me.
Introducing “drunk gummies.”
New trends [...]
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N.T. Wright took the pulpit for the second of his two lectures for the Newbigin House conference with the title “Opportunities for the Church in Mission.”
Wright has rarely avoids difficult topics or sacred cows, and this time he started with his embarrassment of the Ascension. He tells a story of seeing [...]
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Pastors in America are wonderfully and widely diverse. Some are highly educated with degree titles; others have nothing more than a love for God and a study Bible. They serve in urban, rural, and suburban settings, in small churches and large churches.
Yet there are similarities common to all. [...]
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