The book of Revelation continues to gain a great deal of attention–for better and for worse. Back in the 1980s I paid sustained attention to this amazing piece of literature and wrote a short commentary. Here is the introduction to the commentary, which was called Triumph of the Lamb (Herald Press, 1987; reprinted by Wipf and Stock).
I took part in a small conference of story-telling among Mennonite academics and church leaders, October 17-19, 2008, at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center in western Pennsylvania. Here are the remarks I made during my twenty minutes with the floor. We hope to publish a book in due time containing the various stories.
Here is an article I published in 1995 (Gospel Herald) called “No other foundation can anyone lay than is laid: Jesus Christ.” This article was assigned to me as part of a series of articles the magazine ran on the newly formulated Mennonite confession of faith. I was asked to provide reflections on the article in the Confession on Jesus Christ.
This article takes a narrative approach to christology, linking together our stories as modern people with the gospel story of Jesus. Special attention is paid to Jesus’ death and resurrection–with an emphasis on how those two events point us toward life, toward ethical faithfulness. The article strikes a consistently positive tone. Only in asking what is not mentioned in the article would one begin to get a sense that this portrayal of the meaning of Jesus is presented as an alternative to christologies that emphasize Jesus’ divinity and his death as a sacrifice needed to satisfy God’s honor (or wrath or holiness).
How do the writings of the Old Testament prophets speak to our world today? In a series of short articles published in the Mennonite Weekly Review during the summer of 2007, I share some reflections on various of the prophets with special attention to their ethical significance.
These articles may be found via the following links:
Call to Faithfulness (1 Isaiah)
Faithfulness in Exile (Jeremiah, 2)
Grief that Heals (Lamentations)
Prophetic Relevance (Zechariah)
These are the two papers I have prepared for the Compassionate Eschatology Conference, held at San Francisco Theological Seminary, September 26 and 27, 2008.
Peace Theology 