The Schooley Files

Wise words from David Wayne, the "JollyBlogger," on relevance and the gospel : All these years I have been in ministry and have be...

Check out this graphic: The Jobless Rate for People Like You - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com . It shows the various jobless rates for va...

Has Modern Conservatism Become a Cult? » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog The vast majority of the right subscribes to a form of liberta...

I'm not generally a fan of this type of video - basically spoken text - but the message of this one is pretty powerful. Very challenging...

I obviously haven't kept up with the site for a while, and came back to find that a few things had fallen into disrepair. Sorry if that ...

W hat did it mean for Jesus to rise again? Of course the disciples would be overjoyed to see their friend and mentor again. But beyond that;...

What must it have been like? You've been following him for the better part of three years. You've seen amazing things that no one el...

    The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we are sound, substantial fle...

T he last thing that Jesus does, before the events that directly lead to the Crucifixion, is eat the Passover meal with his disciples ( Mk. ...

D uring Passion Week, a number of pronouncement narratives are related ( Mk 12:13-44 and parallels). You may have noticed that in many type...

A fter Jesus cleansed the Temple, all the Synoptics record Jesus' authority being challenged ( Mk. 11:27-33; Mt. 21:23-27; Lk. 20:1-8 )....

Just a change of title; no new material. T he synoptic tradition places Jesus' cleansing of the Temple on Monday of Holy Week ( Mk. 11:1...

Just a change of title; no new material. P alm Sunday marks the beginning of Passion Week, the final week leading up to Jesus' crucifixi...

I n his essay, The View from the Mastaba (ostensibly a book review of Kenneth E. Bailey's new book, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: ...

Scot McKnight writes regarding James 1:2-4 in Jesus Creed - A Brother's Wisdom 2 For some, when James says "whenever you face trial...

As long as a book would write itself I was a faithful and interested amanuensis and my industry did not flag; but the minute the book tried ...

Father in Heaven, I pray for Your servant Rick. He's been given the honor of invoking Your Name and Your blessing in the presidential in...

Over on the Audio Blog, I have a message about the thing we should be most grateful for. Check it out.

What Lane said.

A s the US political season winds down and we approach Election Day, I find myself thinking about principles for voting. I have no desire to...