The Lamb's war
In the last chapter of The Politics of Jesus, Yoder moves beyond Jesus and Paul and on to the Book...

Reliable sources
I'll finish up The Politics of Jesus pretty soon, but one matter I've been thinking about, not connected to any...

Justified
I haven't mentioned this, but the last two Sundays I've returned to worship at Pasadena Mennonite Church. I'm still taking...

Love and peace or else
Yes, I bought the new U2 album the other day, and the title tune seems like a great theme song...

The revolution at home
Up till now The Politics of Jesus has dealt with politics in their usual meaning of government and the public...

It's back! It lives!
I was up in the San Gabriel Valley this weekend, and decided to stop by the Fuller Seminary Bookstore to...

Huffing
I had to smile seeing Paul Musgrave's ode to the smell of old books, because for a while I thought...

Peace
Well, I made an idiot of myself in this post by giving an Arminian the ultimate insult and calling him...

Harry Potter and the warrior code
Not long ago Marvin did a post explaining how Harry Potter is an allegory for Christian nonviolence. This is not...

Just a note...
If anyone's wondering what the heck happened to the Politics of Jesus blogging, well, I let it get overdue and...

Fight the powers that be
My, it's been a long time since I've blogged about The Politics of Jesus, hasn't it? Kynn's recent post pondering...

The Lord of History?
Apologies to those who tried to visit over the weekend and found the server down. Here is the reason. I...

Follow along, children
I was surfing around and came upon an Australian Anabaptist blog (I love the Internet!) which links to an online...

Good cop, bad cop
Yoder spends the fourth chapter of his book discussing pacifism and the Old Testament. Nowadays, of course, the creepy resemblance...

Jubilee
One of the interesting things about John Howard Yoder is that he makes the case for Christian pacifism without shrinking...

The Politics of Jesus, part 1
John Howard Yoder wrote his book in 1972 in response to theologies at the time that asserted Jesus was totally...

Going native
John Derbyshire's reading history seems to have intersected with mine at at least one point: we've both read An African...

Random magic
Joel and I recently discussed the morality of Goldilocks. He's right that fables have been used for teaching ever since...

Naked is a state of mind
The other day I was talking to my mother about the subject of her dissertation, adolescents' reading. One point she...

Book blogging
In an act of ambition up there with Dash, Sean Collins is blogging every chapter of Lord of the Rings....

Beyond belief
That Pagels book seems to be catching on like wildfire in the blogosphere; now Bill Allison's reading it. Although he...

Notes on the Augsburg Confession
Allen Brill recommended that to learn more about Lutheranism I should read the Augsburg Confession, and kindly unearthed an online...

OK, one more!
Actually, before I take off I want to make my long-intended contribution to Noah Millman's game: name the ten most...

Know thyself
I mentioned in the last post the book that Telford and I blogged part of this summer, which includes Marcus...

Speaking of book-blogging...
I'm really glad that Jennifer is blogging Karl Barth, because he's one of those people I've never read, but always...

Hero worship
I finally got to reading (or reading all of) Lynn's take on Telford's comments. It's as good as I expected,...

Mind games
At long last, this weekend I read Telford's comments on chapters 5 and 6 of the Jesus book. Back when...

Yet more on the historical Jesus
Lynn has another post up responding to Telford's comments on chapters 5-6. She also comments on the exchange between Telford...

To die for, cont'd
(See part one of this post.) Wright also continues with the same approach he's been taking all along, which in...

Chapters 5-6: To die for
This part of The Meaning of Jesus deals with Jesus' conviction and execution. There are several points of interest in...

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
So I said on Monday I'd "get to" chapters 5 and 6 of the Jesus book, and I did get...

When theologians rampage
I finally reconnected with Telford this weekend -- he's sold his house and has a little more time on his...

Sorry, I seem to have misplaced my theologian
For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting the next installment of the historical-Jesus discussion (click here if you...