Fresh from Theolatte
It’s time for a coffee break.
Here’s what’s brewing at Theolatte. As always, refills are free. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST).
Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away.
— Dorothy L. Sayers
01
The World’s Last Night: What the Church Has Always Believed About Jesus’ Return
Revelation may be the most hijacked book in the Bible, from Hal Lindsey to #RaptureTok. Drawing on church history, the global church, and C.S. Lewis’s essay on “the most embarrassing verse in the Bible,” I look at what Christians have always believed about Jesus’ return: not a decoder ring for headlines, but a Person who is coming.
02
Jesus and Josephus, a New Look at an Old Debate
One paragraph in Josephus has been argued over for centuries. A new study suggests the historian really did write about Jesus and later scribes embellished it, which would give us a first-century, non-Christian witness that Jesus lived, was crucified under Pilate, and that his followers said they had seen him alive.
03
“I Don’t Trust Him”: Billy Crystal, Social Media, and the Ministry of Silence
On CBS Sunday Morning, Billy Crystal said he isn’t talking to God because he doesn’t trust Him. After a year of fire and grief, how should Christians respond, especially online? A reflection on lament, the cross, and the ministry of compassionate silence.
Why I’m Not
Check out my podcast, a journey of verbal processing and theological reflection upon my experience in and through Christian fundamentalism.
Rare books, signed copies & Inklings treasures
After years of researching and collecting, I’m offering pieces from my collection by silent bid: signed first editions and rare finds from C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Sayers, Chesterton, and friends. Here are the newest arrivals.
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