Essays

 

1. The Christian Life

2. A Letter to the Church, Written in reponse to events after September 11, 2001.

3. Christology and Jewish-Christian Dialogue. Written in the summer of 2001. Posted here 8/26/03.

4. The Church as Ark of Salvation. Written for seminar on this topic at Community Christian Church in Richardson, Texas on February 22, 2004. Posted here 1/24/04. Click for endnotes to this essay.

5. Christian Illiteracy and Christian Education. Address given in 1977. Posted here 7/19/04.

6. A Theological Analysis of the Design for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Published in Mid-Stream, vol. xix, no. 3 (July 1980). Posted here 7/20/04.

7. Signs of the Church's Identity. Published in Mid-Stream, vol. 33, no. 4 (October 1994). Posted here 7/20/04.

8. Schematic Reflections on Salvation in Jesus Christ. Published in Encounter, vol. 56, no. 4 (Winter, 1995), pp. 1-18. Posted here 7/20/04.

9. God: Triune in Essence and Actuality. Published in Encounter, vol. 56, nos. 1-2 (Winter/Spring, 1988), pp. 274-291. Posted here 7/21/04.

10. Kierkegaard: Spy, Judge, Friend. Published in Encounter, vol. 61, no. 4 (Autumn 2000), pp. 439-48. Posted here 7/21/04.

11. Election, Covenant, Messiah, and the Future in Jewish and Christian Theology. Published in The Church and the Jewish People: A Study Guide for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1994. Posted here 7/30/04.

12. Some Remarks on Authority and Revelation in Kierkegaard. Published in The Journal of Religion, vol. 57, no. 3 (July 1977), pp. 232-251. Posted here 8/9/04.

13. Salvation: Mapping the Salvific Themes in Christian Faith. This essay was written as a chapter on Salvation in collection of theological essays by Disciples of Christ theologians for an introductory text in theology to be published in the summer of 2007 by Chalice Press. The essay was finished in November of 2006. Numbers in brackets refer to notes at the end of the essays. Used here by permission. Posted here 3/27/07.

14. On Being the Church of Jesus Christ. This essay was written for a special issue of Leaven: A Journal of Christian Ministry, vol. 15, no. 1 (First Quarter 2007), pp. 6-11. It is part of conversation on ecclesiology among members of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Posted here 4/29/07.