Another class-required review:

Let me begin with an affirmation of Hirsch’s book. He is essentially a mirror to evolving ecclesiology; articulating the trends as he sees them. This statement, however, is followed with a proviso; for while I regard Hirsh himself as a capable author, my beef is essentially with the self-avowed experts, those Hirschites who polemicize against all things remotely organized or institutional. Having personally been the target of some claiming the authority of the attractional / incarnational critique (who currently belong to no church, I might add) I have found the criticism to be not only unfair but somewhat elitist in tone, as well as reactionary and containing a polemical ring. No one likes a ranter.

Now, on to an engagement with Hirsh’s ideas themselves. Read more…

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This book was on a req’d reading list for a class I’m taking on Biblical perspectives on evil. I’d heard Boyd’s argument before and found it deeply compelling – some of the best answers to the problem of evil – that I’ve ever heard. But at the same time it left me with questions – something wasn’t normal - in the sense that we are used to orthodoxy. After deeply studying the book, arguing it, debating it, discussing it – I think I get what’s not sitting well with me now, along with several classmates. The prof seems convinced; we remain unconvinced – although deeply compelled. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it heterodox - but it definitely is UN-orthodox. Here’s my review: Read more…

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