This past Sunday in church the worship leader declared “God, you are blessed because … ” and then invited the congregation to call out various ways to fill in the blank. “God, you are blessed because…” “You created the world!” “You provide for our needs!” “You show us mercy!” “You sent your Son!” As I […]
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When is doxology theology? A response to Jerry Shepherd
In December-January I had some rather spirited exchanges in the blog with my colleague, Old Testament professor Jerry Shepherd. Then Jerry fell silent as the business of the semester took over once again. But now he’s back with some spirited comments in response to my article “What is the atonement at least? Lessons from the ascension“. […]
