Sitemap - 2020 - Experimental Theology with Richard Beck
Faith and Mental Health: Part 4, Beyond Coping
Faith and Mental Health: Part 3, Faith as Coping Strategy
Faith and Mental Health: Part 2, Avoiding Extreme Views
Faith and Mental Health: Part 1, The Connection?
Stoicism, Faith and Theodicy: Part 3, Stoicism Over Christianity?
Stoicism, Faith and Theodicy: Part 2, Partial Stoicism
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 50, A Small Surprising Providence
Stoicism, Faith and Theodicy: Part 1, Our Reactive Relationship With Death
Cognitive Explosions We Fear Will Indeed Blow Our Minds
Tanner on Human Nature: Part 5, An Apophatic, Incomprehensible Anthropology
Tanner on Human Nature: Part 4, How Can Human Nature Bear the Image of God?
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 49, The Good Catastrophe
Tanner on Human Nature: Part 3, Better and Better Mirrors
Tanner on Human Nature: Part 2, Our Spiritual Umbilical Cord
Tanner on Human Nature: Part 1, The Weak and Strong Imaging of God
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 48, The New Isildur
Washington's Journey: A Crescimento Limpo Update
Emergence, Sin and Downward Causation
Generational and Collective Guilt
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 47, "I Also Am a Steward"
Common Cause?: On History, Justice, Hope, Grace, and Materialism
The Cosmological Strangeness of Hart's New Testament: Part 7, Fallen Angels, Giants, and Demons
The Cosmological Strangeness of Hart's New Testament: Part 6, The Archon of This Cosmos
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 46, Sam's Choice
The Cosmological Strangeness of Hart's New Testament: Part 5, The Age to Come
The Cosmological Strangeness of Hart's New Testament: Part 4, Psychical Bodies and Psychical Man
The Cosmological Strangeness of Hart's New Testatment: Part 3, "For God So Loved the Cosmos"
The Cosmological Strangeness of Hart's New Testament: Part 2, The Vale of Abraham
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 45, The Chief Hero of the Story
The Cosmological Strangeness of Hart's New Testament: Part 1, Keep the Bible Weird
A Sense of Style: Part 3, To Express That Beauty Always Anew
A Sense of Style: Part 2, Neither Do I Condemn You
A Sense of Style: Part 1, The True, the Beautiful and the Good
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 44, The Bondage of the Will
The Weight of Glory: Part 7, There Are No Ordinary People
The Weight of Glory: Part 6, Welcome Home
The Weight of Glory: Part 5, Waking from the Evil Enchantment
The Weight of Glory: Part 4, Unapologetic
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 43, Saved By Grace or Luck?
The Weight of Glory: Part 3, The Objectivity of Faith
The Weight of Glory: Part 2, The Ache
The Weight of Glory: Part 1, The Argument from Desire
Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 42, The Fall of Isengard
Heroism, Hostility and Politics: Part 3, We're All Fundamentalists Now
Heroism, Hostility and Politics: Part 2, Hero Projects and Worldview Defense
Heroism, Hostility and Politics: Part 1, Affective Polarization and Political Tribalism
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 41, The Battle of Helm's Deep
"Black Lives Matter": The Gospel as Rehabilitative Honoring
Creation Ex Nihilo: Part 4, Victory?
Creation Ex Nihilo: Part 3, Goodness/Power Tradeoffs
Creation Ex Nihilo: Part 2, Creator of Heaven and Earth
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 40, Truth and the Bewitchment of Théoden
Creation Ex Nihilo: Part 1, Creation and Theodicy
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 39, Small Stones
The Teleological Gaze: Part 6, Story
The Teleological Gaze: Part 5, What Is Business For?
The Teleological Gaze: Part 4, The Outward Turn
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 38, The Transfiguration of Mithrandir
The Teleological Gaze: Part 3, After Virtue
The Teleological Gaze: Part 2, Manipulation and Meaninglessness
The Teleological Gaze: Part 1, Definitions
You Cannot Serve Both God and Twitter: Social Media and Spiritual Formation
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 37, Watch and Wait
Reading Romans Backwards: Don't Be Arrogant
Reading Romans Backwards: Yielding Power
Reading Romans Backwards: Solving Conflicts Christologically
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 36, Caring for Growing Things
Pessimism as Political Theology
Human Dignity Beyond Sentiment: Part 6, The Paternalistic Threat
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 35, The Treebeard Option
Human Dignity Beyond Sentiment: Part 5, The Utopian Threat
Human Dignity Beyond Sentiment: Part 4, The Transhuman Threat
Human Dignity Beyond Sentiment: Part 3, The Utilitarian Threat
Human Dignity Beyond Sentiment: Part 2, The Nietzschean Threat
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 34, Confession, Absolution, and Victory
Human Dignity Beyond Sentiment: Part 1, Human Worth and Christian Metaphysics
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 33, "But Not Alone"
Lessons from the Scattered, Persecuted Church
COVID, the Church, and Spiritual Formation
Lazy Sentimental christianity: Part 4, Lazy
Lazy Sentimental christianity: Part 3, Sentimental
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 32, Frodo's Crisis and the Clash of Three Powers
Lazy Sentimental christianity: Part 2, christian
Lazy Sentimental christianity: Part 1, Tom Holland's Dominion
Hunting Magic Eels: Cover Reveal!
Aquinas and the Market: Part 11, The Irrational Choice Model
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 31, The Fall of Boromir
Aquinas and the Market, Part 10, A Vision of Flourishing?
Aquinas and the Market: Part 9, The Problem with Money
Aquinas and the Market: Part 8, Unbounded Desires, Growth and Scarcity
Aquinas and the Market: Part 7, They Have a Utility Function for Mother Teresa
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 30, The Danger of Light and Joy
Aquinas and the Market: Part 6, Homo Economicus
Aquinas and the Market: Part 5, Is the Answer Always Socialism or Voting for the Democrats?
Aquinas and the Market: Part 4, An Economy of Grace?
Aquinas and the Market: Part 3, Is Economics Value Free?
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 29, The Temptation of Galadriel
Aquinas and the Market: Part 2, Values, Policies, and Staying in Your Sandbox
Aquinas and the Market: Part 1, The Machiavellian Challenge
Whoever Has Ears, Let Them Hear
I Was Cast Upon Thee from the Womb
The Gospel According to the Lord of the Rings: Week 27, The Divided Resistance
No Voice Is Heard and the Speech Pours Forth
The Duty of Grace: Part 3, Grace, Faith and Love
The Duty of Grace: Part 2, The Obligations of Grace
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 26, When Lore Wanes
The Duty of Grace: Part 1, Patronage, Grace and Faith
Perception, Location, and Virtue
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 25, The Sacrifice on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm
Come Out Into the Tempest of Living
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 24, The Fellowship and the Church
The Bleeding Stinking Mad Shadow of Jesus: Part 4, Sacrifice
The Bleeding Stinking Mad Shadow of Jesus: Part 3, The Shock of a Stinking God
The Bleeding Stinking Mad Shadow of Jesus: Part 2, Madness and Morons
The Bleeding Stinking Mad Shadow of Jesus: Part 1, A Transgressive Jesus
The Crucifixion of George Floyd
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 23, Appointment, Freedom, and Story
The Moment When God Is Closer Than Ever
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 22, Small Hands Moving the Wheels of the World
Why God Matters: The Warrant of Love?
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 9, Natural Theology Revisited
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 8, Relationships
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 7, Spirituality
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 21, Evil and Theodicy
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 6, Power
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 5, Truth
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 4, Freedom
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 3, Beauty
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 20, Tripartite Vision
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 2, Justice
The Broken Signposts of N.T. Wright: Part 1, Natural Theology
A Harsh and Dreadful Love: Part 7, All the While the Lord Has Been Loving You, So Do What You Can
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 19, Believe Rather That It Is So Ordered
A Harsh and Dreadful Love: Part 6, The Science of Love
A Harsh and Dreadful Love: Part 5, Dorothy Day
A Harsh and Dreadful Love: Part 4, Faith and Active Love
A Harsh and Dreadful Love: Part 3, Will You Go On Loving Or Not?
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 18, We Are Beggars
A Harsh and Dreadful Love: Part 2, While We Are Alone We Could Believe We Loved Everyone
A Harsh and Dreadful Love: Part 1, I Love Mankind...It's People I Can't Stand
"Primary Wonder" by Denise Levertov
Crescimento Limpo: Challanges During COVID-19
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 17, To Live At Once in Both Worlds
God's Omnipotence: Part 12, The Bush Not Consumed
God's Omnipotence: Part 11, Theodicy and Bearing
God's Omnipotence: Part 10, Hiddenness and Humility
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 16, Wounded Healers
God's Omnipotence: Part 9, Living Next to a Nuclear Reactor
God's Omnipotence: Part 8, Divine Power as Energy
God's Omnipotence: Part 7, The Burning Bush and the Sun
God's Omnipotence: Part 6, Beyond a Marvel Imagination of Power
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 15, Frodo's Prayer
God's Omnipotence: Part 5, Power, Causality, and the Grammar of God
God's Omnipotence: Part 4, The Problem of Will
God's Omnipotence: Part 3, The Problem of Causality
God's Omnipotence: Part 2, The Hyperkenoticists
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 14, The Grace of Your Story
God's Omnipotence: Part 1, The Problem of Absolute Power
The Book of Common Prayer: Prayers for Plagues and Times of Great Sickness
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 13, Homelessness and Longing
Set Free from the Hunter's Snare
Every Human Face Is an Icon of Christ
The Gospel & COVID-19: Part 4, The Judgment of God
The Gospel & COVID-19: Part 3, Love as Distance
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 12, Memory
The Gospel & COVID-19: Part 2, Love, Fear, and Sharing
The Gospel & COVID-19: Part 1, The Power of the Devil
Praying the Stations of the Cross
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 11, The Finger of God
Friday the 13th: The Fusions of Christianity and Paganism
The Ontology of Life Versus the Ontology of Death
Learning to Enjoy the Presence of God
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 10, The Power of Sin
A Letter to My Students: On McDonald's, Faith, and Dignity
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 9, The Prancing Pony
Hell Damaged Words: On Equivocality and Salvation
The Social Justice Blind Spot: Part 9, The Revolution No One Wants
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 8, All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter
The Social Justice Blind Spot: Part 8, Moral Politics
The Social Justice Blind Spot: Part 7, Woke
The Social Justice Blind Spot: Part 6, Education and Training
The Social Justice Blind Spot: Part 5, Checking Privilege
The Gospel According to the Lord of the Rings: Week 7, The Uselessness of Tom Bombadil
The Social Justice Blind Spot: Part 4, Moral Policing
The Social Justice Blind Spot: Part 2, Political Revolution Will Not Be Enough
The Social Justice Blind Spot: Part 1, Moral Problems
The Gospel According to the Lord of the Rings: Week 6, The Pity of Bilbo
The Trickle Down Theory of Spiritual Formation
The Good of the World and Unhistoric Acts
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 5, Three Powers in the Drama
"St Isaac the Syrian, a Theologian of Love and Mercy" by Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 4, Neither Strength Nor Good Purpose Will Last
Jesus and Food: Continuity vs Discontinuity
Love is a Beautiful Way to Live and Die
Love as Relinquishment Unto Death
The Gospel According to the Lord of the Rings: Week 3, A Lower Anthropology
Silence and the Non-Productive Self
On Discernment: Did Paul Disobey the Holy Spirit?
Nothing Is More Practical Than Finding God
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 2, "Something Else at Work"
The Poustinia and the Poustinik
Living in Babylon: Reading Revelation in Prison
The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: Week 1, J.R.R. Tolkien and Fleming Rutledge