Theology is important. Constructive, imaginative, Christian thinking is important—and remains important for the church today. Occasionally you encounter someone in evangelical circles who sniffs at the idea of ‘constructive’ theology today. Their contention is usually something like, ‘it’s all already been worked out,’ suggesting that it’s the height of arrogance to think that you might… Continue reading The Theological Imagination
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The Three Bodies of Christ
Jesus has three bodies, which is the sort of nonsense saying that gets Christians in trouble. No, I’m not suggesting some sort of Trinitarian confusion where either the Father and Spirit have bodies (they don’t) or that all three persons are Jesus (they’re not), but in some classical accounts Jesus has three bodies. The three… Continue reading The Three Bodies of Christ

