Category Archives: Bible-Theology

Sermon: The Book of Esther—Messy People, Faithful God

Posted on 10 February 2020 by

This is the audio (14:59, 20.5 MB) of a sermon preached at LCC’s International Christian Fellowship entitled, “The Book of Esther,” at our Sunday evening communion service on February 9. We read the entire book of Esther in a traditional way, with lots of cheering, booing, groggers, and stomping. Continue reading →

Posted in Bible-Theology, Giffones in Lithuania | Leave a comment

How Academic Research Supports Mission

Posted on 31 December 2019 by

Just about every December for the last few years, I have looked back over the paucity of blog activity in the calendar year, made some sort of apology to my audience (however wide or narrow it–or you–may be), and reflected on how very blessed I am as a professor to have so many outlets for creativity and thoughtful engagement. This year, nearly every post pertained to a sermon, a talk, or an academic publication. The one that did not–besides this one–hearkened back to earlier days when I would often share quotations from books that I was reading which were stimulating but too far above my level of full comprehension. (I’m much too busy and too prideful to do that, now–what would my students think if they realized I don’t understand everything I read?!) Continue reading →

Posted in Bible-Theology, Giffones in Lithuania, Research | 1 Comment

Sermon: Aukštas Bokštas (Tall Tower)

Posted on 8 December 2019 by

This is the audio (37:44, 51.2 MB) of a sermon preached at our Lithuania home church, Klaipėda Free Christian Church, on December 8. The sermon is titled, “Aukštas Bokštas,” and the main text is Genesis 11:1–9, the story of the Tower of Babylon.  Continue reading →

Posted in Bible-Theology, Giffones in Lithuania | Leave a comment

New Article in OTE

Posted on 6 December 2019 by

My article, based on last year’s presentation at the international meeting of the SBL (Helsinki, 2018), has just been published in OTE:

“‘Israel’s’ Only Son? The Complexity of Benjaminite Identity Between Judah and Joseph,” Old Testament Essays 32.3 (2019): 956–972. Continue reading →

Posted in Bible-Theology, Research | Leave a comment

Sermon: YHWH’s Glorious Images

Posted on 13 November 2019 by

This is the audio (20:32, 28.2 MB) of a sermon preached at LCC’s Wednesday chapel service entitled, “YHWH’s Glorious Images,” on November 13. The main text is Exodus 20:1-21.

Posted in Bible-Theology, Giffones in Lithuania, Research | Leave a comment

Seminar: Hebrew Verbs and Minor Keys

Posted on 19 September 2019 by

A presentation I gave on September 17 at the first Theology Department Seminar, “Hebrew Verbs and Minor Keys: How a Hebrew Poetry Seminar Changed My Bass-Playing.” Continue reading →

Posted in Bible-Theology, Giffones in Lithuania, Research | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Gunton on the Defects of Modernity

Posted on 16 August 2019 by

“…An account of relationality that gives due weight to both one and many, to both particular and universal, to both otherness and relation, is to be derived from the one place where they can satisfactorily be based, a conception of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible-Theology | 1 Comment

New Article in EJT

Posted on 23 May 2019 by

My article, based on last year’s presentation at the meeting of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians, has recently been published in EJT: “Technologising of Word and Sacrament: Deuteronomy 14:24–26 and Intermediation in Worship.” European Journal of Theology 28.1 (2019): 66–77. I’ve written in such a way that will be useful, I hope, to pastors and students as well as scholars of the Old Testament and media ecology. Continue reading →

Posted in Bible-Theology, Culture-Economics-Society, Research | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Sermon: The First Fruits of Resurrection

Posted on 22 April 2019 by

This is the audio (25:45, 19.2 MB) of a sermon preached at LCC’s International Christian Fellowship entitled, “The First Fruits of Resurrection,” at our Easter Sunday celebration (April 21). The main text is 1 Corinthians 15:20–28.

Posted in Bible-Theology | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Extension and Projection of Self

Posted on 27 December 2018 by

Sometimes I wish I could go back to a stage of intellectual and professional development when there wasn’t as much pressure for everything to be formed and processed before it is presented. Continue reading →

Posted in Bible-Theology, Research | Leave a comment