Essays/Notes

The traditional Christian schema regarding election, covenant, Messiah, and the future can be stated with some brevity. God, the creator of all things in heaven and earth, freely chose to create the world. God also, from the depths of God’s own wisdom, chose Abraham as the father … [Read more...] about Election, Covenant, Messiah, and the Future in Jewish and Christian Theology

Presupposing the traditional marks of the church, there is also a theological need today to think more concretely and complexly about the signs of the church's identity. To facilitate this discussion, I propose the following working, normative, theological definition of the … [Read more...] about Signs of the Church’s Identity

I propose to share what some of the influences and conversation-partners I have had and continue to have. This may give, for whatever it’s worth, some insight into what animates one of my instructional concerns. A person may be widely read, and those of us in theological … [Read more...] about On Understanding God and Faith

The document The Design for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is supposed to provide the basic rationale for and description of the principles of organization for that church body. As such it can be said to contain the essentials of the polity of the Christian Church … [Read more...] about A Theological Analysis of the Design for The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

The assigned topic for this address is "A Theology of Christian Education", and it is supposed to be related to the general theme of our assembly, namely, Being Empowered to Love. Convinced as I am that this topic and this theme are instrinsically related, I am pleased to have … [Read more...] about Christian Illiteracy and Christian Education