John March

Category: Theology

  • A Theology of House Buying: Contentment

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    http://www.flickr.com/photos/shalawesome/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 We all want to be happy.  The other night I pursued happiness in my third helping of french toast (yeah, I said night; we were having brinner ;)).  The sticky, sweet goodness of french toast covered with syrup was delightful…in that moment.  But not long after dinner, I felt awful.…

  • Prophet, Priest, and King

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    It can be argued that there were three primary offices or stations of leadership within Ancient Israel.  They were prophet, priest, and king (included here is the role of judge, which was the precursor to king).  When Jesus came, he fulfilled all three of these roles.  He is called the prophet in the gospels, he…

  • Justification, God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision

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    There has been a little bit of evangelical in-fighting going on recently.  Many in the traditionally reformed camp have criticized the theology of justification that N.T. Wright (and other NT scholars of his ilk) espouse.  John Piper wrote a book summarizing these criticisms, and N.T. Wright replied to Piper’s book with the one I am here reviewing.…

  • A Suffering, Serving God

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    It has come to my attention that God humiliates himself.  He is a God who chooses to bind himself to the most embarrassing types of people.  He is a God who likes to hang out with the un-cool kid in school.  He is a God who chooses the Israelites because they are a weak people. …

  • Moltmann, The Trinity and the Kingdom

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    I wish I would have discovered Jurgen Moltmann sooner.  What a fantastic theologian he is.  He writes with depth of insight, historical perspective, and a commitment to scriptural consistency.  He embraces the passion of God in a way that is sadly absent from many theological works on God, and writes in such a way that…

  • Josiah Made My Day

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    Josiah is my three-year-old who is in preschool.  Today the teacher asked the kids in the class what they want to be when they grow up.  Some of the vocations that the kids wanted to be were: Veterinarian  Train conductor Chef Fireman Mailman Princess These are all very exciting professions, especially in the eyes of…

  • I’m not the first…

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    I’m preparing for the annual Evangelical Covenant Church Midwinter conference. It’s a conference for pastors. They can connect with each other and hopeful be refreshed by the speakers and workshops put on by our denomination. They also run their orientation courses during this time for pastors who didn’t attend North Park Seminary, the denomination’s seminary.…

  • Saving Our Jobs

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    A common Christian misconception that I’ve been fighting to overcome in my life has to do with the importance of ordinary, secular work. Over that past few years I’ve been working as a web developer, and before that I’ve worked as a computer engineer, IT helpdesk technician, and a 7th grade teacher. I wanted to…

  • Religulous, point taken

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    Bill Maher’s new movie Religulous has just come out. I have seen him on a number of TV promotional spots like the Daily Show. He challenges the simplistic unscientific beliefs that so many religious people fervently hold to. He is shocked that people believe in a literal flood, a very real Satan figure, or the…

  • Animals: Another Other to Love (Or, Why I’m a Vegetarian)

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    I’m a vegetarian. It’s sort of a new thing for me. I’ve abstained from meat since the beginning of February. It’s been surprisingly easy with the assortment of good vegetarian foods available, and my love affair with sweets. But a lot of people ask me why I’m a vegetarian, and so I thought I’d share…