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Review of “Loaded Words: Freeing 12 Hard Bible Words From Their Baggage”

August 28, 2015 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

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I met Heather Choate Davis and Leann Luchinger at a conference. We traded books and talked about historical theology. It was a great way to pass the time at an event where none of us fit in. At all. They told me about the book they were working on: Loaded Words: Freeing 12 Hard Bible Words […]

Filed Under: Bible, books, Reviews Tagged With: Biblical theology, Heather Choate Davis, Leann Luchinger, Loaded Words, Word Studies

Deep Church Rising: A Book Review

January 28, 2015 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

The twenty-first century churches have a problem. Maybe more than one. We also have more than a few people providing analyses and solutions. Deep Church Rising: The Third Schism and the Recovery of Christian Orthodoxy by Andrew G. Walker and Robin A. Parry (Cascade Books, 2014; $22.00) is a helpful corrective to the culture-bound, superficial diagnoses and prescriptions that get […]

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A Prayer for Timothy Matthew Slemmons

October 8, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Last night at UDTS we installed my friend and colleague, the Rev. Dr. Timothy Matthew Slemmons, as Associate Professor of Homiletics and Worship. I was honored to be asked to offer a prayer in the service. I thought I would share it with you, especially since many of you who know him could not be […]

Filed Under: Bible, Prayer, Reviews, Worship Tagged With: Liturgical Resources, Prayer for Installation, Revised Common Lectionary, Year D Project

Augustinian Soul Music!

September 3, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Funny things happen in the world of the internet. August 28th was the feast day of St. Augustine, so I sent out last year’s post on the influential theologian via Facebook and Twitter. For whatever reason it got far more attention than when I first posted it. Recycling can be fun. The best thing, though, […]

Filed Under: Music, Reviews, Saints Tagged With: Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Sam Rocha, Soul Music, St. Augustine

Praying On Your Smart Phone: Review of 4 iOS Apps for the “Divine Office”

September 27, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 16 Comments

Wouldn’t St. Benedict be surprised to find people praying the Divine Office on their smart phones? Okay, he would be surprised if he even heard about smart phones. Or not-so-smart phones. Or telegraphs for that matter. As I describe in my book, Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers (InterVarsity Press 2012) the practice of […]

Filed Under: Prayer, Reviews Tagged With: App reviews, Benedict of Nursia, Daily Office, Divine Office, Liturgy of the Hours, Prayer

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