Ode to Infotainment
2011. Nathan L. Bostian
In an age of simple slogans and blustery books / How shall we show an argument's lame?
Some resort to snide sneers and haughty looks / But that only fans the emotional flame.
Some complain of ad hominems and ad hocs / But that sounds like an unending whine.
Some argue with evidence and logic / But that only casts pearls before swine.
Of all the ways one may disagree / With a pundit's pride and brawn:
I suppose the most effective may be / To simply shrug and yawn.
2011-04-09
2011-02-25
Developmental Revelation and Divine Violence
Copyright 2011 © Nathan L. Bostian | natebostian@gmail.com
1. The Puzzle of Developmental Revelation:
I have long puzzled over the problem of so-called "progressive revelation" in Scripture. This is the fact that clearly, certain concepts about God, and God's relation to the world (especially in judgement), seems to change radically over the course of Scripture. In particular, we glimpse an often messy trajectory that goes from the divine sanction of violence in the early Hebrew Scriptures, to divine rejection of violence in Christ.
2011-01-27
The Sacrament of Servanthood
Based on Matthew 25.31-46
Copyright 2011 © The Rev. Nate Bostian
I want to start today by doing something that every preaching manual, and every good preacher, will agree is something you should never do: I want to start by talking about a word that many people find confusing, many others think of as boring, and almost everyone will agree has nothing to do with the subject of hunger.
That word is "sacrament".
When I say the word sacrament, what images and ideas come to your mind?
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