Shaun Brown

The command to love cannot be separated from the one who commands and embodies it. Jesus does not come to us as a preacher of love, but as one by whom we might know the righteousness of God’s kingdom. He comes to establish the condition that makes love for one another possible. - Stanley Hauerwas

“The whole doctrine of the Trinity can be explained by simply remarking that Christians pray to the Father, with the Son, in the Spirit, and are convinced that by so doing they are properly caught up in the story that God lives with his people.” - Robert Jenson

Χριστὸς ἀνέστη!

Continuing my annual MLK Day tradition.

So whenever anyone mentions the teaching of Christ, we must turn to his deeds, which confirm his teaching. To benefit from his death and resurrection and learn from his miracles, we must listen to his words. This is the true rule of the Christian faith.” - John Calvin (2/2)

“So we see that the Gospel is made up of two parts—Christ’s teaching and his actions. People who only know the historical events do not know the Gospel, for it is the teaching that reveals what Christ achieved by his actions. These two form a holy knot no one must undo. (1/2)

Let’s Go Pens!

I used that quiz when I taught intro to religion courses at a couple Catholic schools in Buffalo. I would have the students take it in class the first day, see how everyone did, go over the answers, and then discuss the importance of religious literacy (with help from Prothero).

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/20 #booksky

Going through some of my belongings and I found this, the first CD I ever owned. I received it, along with my first CD player, on Christmas in 1992.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 19/20 #booksky

Long overdue!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 18/20 #booksky

I was born in 1983 and my wife was born in 1989. I usually don’t think about the age difference, but then when I find out things like she’s never heard of Run-D.M.C., I’m reminded.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20 #booksky

We’ve had a few of them and they each died on us within a few months. They did help while they worked though. And the white noise that came through our baby monitor also helped me sleep.

Stanley Hauerwas and his famous aphorism: I’d say, in 100 years, if Christians are people identified as those who do not kill their children or their elderly, we would have been doing something right.

Wisdom for the day that is in it, from my finest teacher

“If the preacher has not been seized by the text, the sermon will be a collection of merely human thoughts.” - Fleming Rutledge (Advent: The Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ, 26)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 9/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 8/20 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 7/20 #booksky

Quote this with who you would be on Star Trek.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 6/20 #booksky