Table Reflections: Jesus on the Table
I recently returned from Lancaster, England, where I participated in the European Christian Workshop. It was a wonderful event and I enjoyed my association with that group of Christians immensely....
View ArticleTable Reflections: Jesus Serves the Table
In my previous two posts I suggested three perspectives from which we might view the table: Jesus on the Table–the sacrifical victim who nourishes us with new life Jesus at the Table–the hospitable...
View ArticleOld is Good, New is Better: Creation and Sacraments
Created materiality is good; indeed, it is very good. It is not simply good in an ethical sense but delightful and wondrous. God created the world as a temple in which to dwell, a place where God and...
View ArticleSix Theses on Creation: A Theology for Heralding the Coming Kingdom of God
This week I am participating in a wonderful conference on preaching the paradigmatic texts of Scripture. The focus of this particular conference is creation. Walter Brueggemann is the featured speaker...
View ArticleAmos 5:18-27: The First Woe
This text begins the third major section of Amos. In the first section (Amos 1-2) the prophet addressed eight nations and climaxed his message with an extended application to Israel. In the second...
View ArticlePsalm 63 – Longing for Assembly
The ancient compilation Apostolic Constitutions (2.59) advises believers to gather for daily worship and to open their service with Psalm 63. Reflecting the same time period (ca. 400 CE), Chrysostom...
View ArticleEnter the Water, Come to the Table
Below are summary statements that correspond to chapters or sections of chapters in my most recent book Enter the Water, Come to the Table (Leafwood, 2014). They summarize the theology present in the...
View ArticleEmbracing Creation
The Ray Evans Seminar, an annual event at the Alameda Church of Christ in Norman, Oklahoma, was held March 31-April 2, 2017. The general topic was Embracing Creation, which is also the title of the...
View ArticleOral History of Churches of Christ: James Gorman Interviews John Mark Hicks
James Gorman, an historian of the Restoration Movement (Stone-Campbell Movement) and Professor at Johnson University near Knoxville, Tennessee, is conducting a series of oral histories about the...
View ArticleUnion with Christ: The Central Soteriological Claim
I have now read the sixth of twelve books suggested by FB friends. This one was recommended by Clayton Homewood. This is my summary. Marcus Peter Johnson, One with Christ: An Evangelical Theology of...
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