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

3.31.2026

The Good News of God’s Impassibility: Part 1, God's Love Doesn't Change

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I have regularly defended the classical theist claim that God is impassible. This can be jarring for readers who come to this conversation f...
3.30.2026

On Calvinism and Arminianism: Part 3, Myself and Grace

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Let me summarize the last two posts. First, both Calvinists and Arminians are striving to defend something good. Calvinists want to defend t...
3.27.2026

Psalm 147

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"Hallelujah!" Psalm 147 is the last in the series of what scholars call the "Final Hallel" psalms. The Final Hallel psal...
3.26.2026

On Calvinism and Arminianism: Part 2, Imposing Explanations on Mysteries

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Before I get to my conciliatory reflections regarding the Calvinism–Arminianism debate, let me say something in this post about why this deb...
3.25.2026

On Calvinism and Arminianism: Part 1, Grace and God's Moral Reputation

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I’d like to make some conciliatory comments about the perennial debate between Calvinism and Arminianism. But before I do that, we need a qu...
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...
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