The Schooley Files

For all you post-Evangelicals out there, Matthew Milliner writes an engaging piece on First Things entitled "All I Really Need to Know ...

There is really some excuse for the man who said, "I wish they'd remember that the charge to Peter was Feed my sheep; not Try exp...

I'm happy to report that my book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God , is now available for the Apple universe on iTunes , as well ...

I've collected a series of four posts on the so-called "fivefold" ministries of Ephesians 4:11 into one paper on the Studies p...

Shiela over on To Love, Honor, and Vacuum has a very thoughtful, carefully-considered post entitled, "Why I'm Anti-Divorce and Pro...

Those of us who grew up in the church are familiar with the story of Jacob, Rachel, and Leah. After fleeing for his life from his brother Es...

Every year people trot out the same observations about Christmas. It's not so much the observations themselves I object to, but the air ...

This post is adapted from a chapter of my upcoming book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God. Cecile and I decided, even before we g...

This is a first draft of the first chapter of my upcoming book, Marriage, Family, and the Image of God. Enjoy! Cecile and I first met duri...

I just finished the first draft of a new book, tentatively entitled Marriage, Family, and the Image of God. Stay tuned for details!

I just got blown away by this quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “Innumerable times a whole Christian community has broken down because it...

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net int...

... especially on the internet. #10 - Everyone compares what they actually believe to the "logical implications" of what the ot...

My parents were both brought up in an extremely legalistic "Holiness" branch of the church. I have always been grateful that they ...

There seems to be a great deal of emphasis in Christian circles involving "standing up for the truth": affirming an unpopular but ...

I have no intention of starting a running commentary on Rob Bell's "What Is the Bible?" series on Tumblr, but a couple of rec...

Rob Bell has been blogging a series called "What Is the Bible?" If you're interested in reading it from the beginning, it star...

Note (January 7, 2018): since this post has engendered more comments than the Blogger platform seems able to deal with, I would like to invi...

First they came for Veteran's Day, but I wasn't a veteran. Then they came for President's Day, but I wasn't a president. T...

James Franco's film adaptation of William Faulkner's novel As I Lay Dying is both wonderful and frustrating. Wonderful because it s...