To my colleagues with some familiarity with John Wesley and John Calvin: is it helpful to see Wesley’s thought as a corrective to some of the deeply low view of humanity in certain Calvinistic frameworks (maybe not Calvin himself)? #theology#phdlife
One of the most rewarding things of teaching is when a student “gets it” and begins to push out into the unpredictable waters of critical thinking #theology#pedagogy
Step of the plane for a minute in Dallas and I’m hit in the face with the smells of the South: fried chicken, other fried food, and calories. Lone Star State, for the sake of my health...I’m out! Lol #Texas#Dallas
My flight is delayed for 6 hours and I'm stuck at the airport. But...I've got John Calvin's Institutes and Jackiem Joyner's gospel jazz to keep me company. Let the saints and people of God say, Amen! #theology#phdlife#gospeljazz
Starting the year off right: a steady diet of Levinas’s theory of the Other, a side of Müntzer’s theology of (radical) true faith, and comprehensive exams. #phdlife#theology#philosophy
Reading a bit of Johann Eck this morning and his rebuke of Luther sounds like modern American politics (in a Darth Vader voice): “HOW DARE YOUUUUU!!!!!” #phdlife#ReformationStudies