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Here’s a breakdown of my three posts from this month: * Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Success and Stupidity“Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian who is famous for having been imprisoned and ultimately executed for his participation in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Third Reich. As an
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President Donald Trump has been repeating a disturbing phrase: “Drill, baby, drill.” He even said it in his inaugural address. Later that day, in an executive order Trump opened up Alaskan wildlife refuges for oil exploration. In another executive order, he revoked a ban imposed by former President Joe Biden
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Both/And vs. Either/Or
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A message for our time
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(and Nietzsche again)
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on Nietzsche, the eternal return, and loving one's fate
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how an atheist philosopher made me a better theologian
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The biblical writer Qohelet famously said, “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecc. 3:1) and he included in his list, “a time for love and a time for hate” (v.8). We hear a lot about “a time for love,” about
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on Kierkegaard and despair
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This Sunday I attended a Christmas party hosted by my friends Casper and Sean. In their humble Brooklyn apartment, I sang with a rather large group 62 pages of Christmas hymns. Seasonally appropriate, yes, but it was nonetheless a departure for me from my Grinchy abstention from all things Christmas.
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on colonialism, Christendom, and liberation theology
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1. There is a very old idea that God as creator is God the father. We must rid ourselves of all the vestiges of this idea. Thanks for reading Jack’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. 2. Along with the idea of God