Absurdity unveiled?
Many conservatives paint themselves into the lonely corner of an echo chamber, mistaking the repeated assertions of inerrancy for...
Absurdity as a default setting
Perhaps a biblical ethic is an ethic of absurdity. The gospel is absurd on its face when one reads the claims made in the Sermon on the...
Alt-Jesus? No, a more biblical Jesus.
“Jesus Christ was the supreme example of authentic anarchy — the creative non-violent anarchist par excellence — working not from the top...
Gospel witness and violence: Responding to White Supremacy
I find it befuddling that so many people are critical of the left (or the right, for that matter) who believe violence is a necessary...
For those who have eyes too see: Religious Conservatism and repentance.
The church. Long ago, American Christendom became the defining illustration of civic religion. More importantly, we are the primary...
Plain 'ol absurdity
A lot of folks, ranging from family members to liberal Quakers, from good friends to strangers, ask us why we wear plain clothes. A lot...
On Hospitality: Banquet of the Absurd
Luke 14:12-24 If the end-time fallacies of Tim LaHaye have any interpretive value, I propose a compare and contrast exercise with the...
The Imminence and Immanence of War
The “Deal” that cannot be negotiated. The “Freedom” that cannot be defended. There may be good or just reasons to engage in combat. The...
Excerpts of the Absurd: Chapter 1
Most American readings of the Bible produce “interpretations [which] are [inherently] suspect because they are used to grasp hold of and...
Anarcho-Christian rejection of ordained authoritarianism and the failed terror option
The fact of empire, like the fact of liberal democracy, rigged economies, state and crony capitalism, and violence, are facts of...
