Experimental Theology


...trudging into the distance in the bleeding stinking mad shadow of Jesus...the Lord out of dust had created him, had made him blood and nerve and mind, had made him to bleed and weep and think, and set him in a world of loss and fire... --Flannery O'Connor

3.24.2026

There are Two Ways to Die: The Green Martyrdom of the Celtic Saints

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I shared this reflection from  Hunting Magic Eels  during Lent three years ago, making a connection between Celtic Christianity and ascetica...
3.23.2026

The Logos Bleeds

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There is what is known as a “cosmic Christology.” Taking cues from John 1 and Colossians 1, a cosmic Christology describes Christ, as Logos,...
3.20.2026

Psalm 146

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"Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation." Welp, that's my political theology in a n...
3.19.2026

Falling from Grace: Part 3, High-Handed Sin

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Final post in this series reflecting upon "falling from grace." The point I made in the last post was that, in the Levitical imagi...
3.18.2026

Falling from Grace: Part 2, Sin Does Not Imply Separation

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In the last post, I described some of the issues at stake in the old debate about the doctrine of "once saved, always saved." The...
3.17.2026

Falling from Grace: Part 1, The Old Debate

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In debates between Calvinists and Arminians there is an argument about a doctrine called the perseverance of the saints. This is colloquiall...
3.16.2026

The Medicine of Immortality: Part 4, You Are Dying, And Medicine Exits that Can Save You

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Okay, so you have probably been wondering how the title of this series, “The Medicine of Immortality,” connects to the content of the first ...
3.13.2026

Psalm 145

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"The Lord is good to everyone" Psalm 145 is one of my favorite psalms. It contains jewels like the following: "The Lord is fa...
3.12.2026

The Medicine of Immortality: Part 3, Liturgy and Ontology

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Let me again clarify what I'm after in this series.  I'm not interested in convening a Sacramental Inquisition to adjudicate which s...
3.11.2026

The Medicine of Immortality: Part 2, A Sacrament of Ourselves

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In many ways, many Protestant churches have unwittingly participated in their own disenchantment. I call this the "mystical to moral sh...
3.10.2026

The Medicine of Immortality: Part 1, An Invisible Reality Needs to be Made Visible

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I have described here, over the last few years, what I've come to call "sacramental drift."  By "sacramental drift" ...
3.09.2026

Satan Reconstructed: Epilogue, The Metaphor

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Whenever I've shared a talk or lecture about the Devil, as the author of Reviving Old Scratch , the most common thing disenchanted and p...
3.06.2026

Psalm 144

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"who trains my hands for battle" I picked, here, the most triggering line from Psalm 144. Psalm 144 is a royal psalm, and it's...
3.05.2026

Satan Reconstructed: Part 5, Devil

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In Revelation 12 a great war in heaven is described: Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dra...
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