Author Archives: Schütz

This is just a short post to announce a milestone on a much longer journey: I’ve finshed volume two of N.T. Wright’s “Christian Origins and the Question of God” (“Jesus and the Victory of God”). It was the task I … Continue reading →

Searching for other material this morning, I came across this book review of Pope Benedict’s “Jesus of Nazareth: Volume 2” by N.T. Wright: The Pope’s Life of Jesus in the Times Literary Supplement. It is actually a review of three … Continue reading →

Okay, I know some of you will groan at this point (Kate especially). I hate it too when people keep on banging on about their favourite theologian, as if he has the answer to everything. N.T. Wright (known as “Tom … Continue reading →

“He’s not a little weird, it’s that he’s really weird. And some of his positions he’s taken are just so weird, um, that I think that some Republicans are gonna be off-put. Um, not everybody is going to, going to … Continue reading →

Pastor Mark, on his blog, has responded to my recent posts on “the Gospel”. As is my wont, I am replying here on my blog for the benefit of all my readers. His “first reaction” is “sadness” for me and … Continue reading →

Kate has posted a reply on her blog to my post on the Gospel. I tried to respond on her blog, but blogspot limits the length of comments, so I am putting up my reply here. Kate wrote: I’m not … Continue reading →

One thing I like about reading N.T. Wright’s scholarly works, is that he often has amusing (and quite pointed) remarks. I annotate my books, and the special squiggle in the margin for these points is a smily face! :-) In … Continue reading →

It is well known that one of the major issues in seeking full, visible Christian unity is the date of the celebration of Easter. It has ever been thus – Nicea, Whitby, etc. – and made more difficult by the … Continue reading →

In a recent post on her blog, Kate Edwards gives us more of her analysis of the Australian Church. One thing that stuck out for me (quite incidental to her over all post) was this paragraph: Thus, my starting point … Continue reading →

Inspired by our expat friend in Canada, I thought I would take a look at my WordPress.com stats (using the Jetpack plugin) for my blog for the last 12 months to see which posts received the highest views. Here are … Continue reading →