ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON JANUARY 21, 2019. Who was Jesus? Marcus Borg’s summary of “historical Jesus” research I recently read Jesus: Uncovering the Life,
Author: Benjamin Knoll
Benjamin Knoll is the John Marshall Harlan Associate Professor of Politics at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
Did Jesus use “teddy bear” love or “tough love”? [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON DECEMBER 27, 2018. I often encounter messages from Christians of various denominations and theological orientations that make a claim of
Ten models of prophetic revelation in an LDS context [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON JANUARY 20, 2019. Through the course of my life I have met Latter-day Saints who believe some version of prophetic
“We are all Peter”: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and an imperfect church [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON JUNE 10, 2018. In the years before World War 2, Dietrich Bonhoeffer became increasingly distressed at the German church’s willingness
Distilling the essence of the Sermon on the Mount: An Invitation from Dietrich Bonhoeffer [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON MAY 13, 2018. This year I have been reading an edited volume of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s written works. Bonhoeffer was a German pastor who
Temple recommend status and Word of Wisdom observance in contemporary Mormonism [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON APRIL 26, 2018. In a recent article in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, John Ferguson, Jana Riess, and I share results
Hazelnut Notes 