"Basically, in the Bible and throughout most of church history, the Christian ethic of love has been one of approach and contact, even ...

"When Richard Beck first led a Bible study at a maximum security prison, he went to meet God. His own faith was flagging, but Beck s...

Really love the song Heathens by twenty one pilots, and then found that Richard Beck, one of my favourite bloggers and authors, has ju...

Would love to be there! Am hoping that the talk is posted online and if so, will put the link here.

Richard Beck, in his series discussing "The Gospel According to Ta-Nehisi Coates" (particularly in reference to Coates' book ...

If you have not seen my previous post about moral circles,  read this first  and  then this . The concept of the moral circle makes f...

Did you know that you have a moral circle? And while it might sound like something positive, for the most part it isn't positive at a...

Richard Beck on the kingdom: 'The eccentric Kingdom doesn't claim territory over against the world. The eccentric Kingdom doesn...

From Richard Beck's blog, a simple post called "Jesus in Microcosm" giving us two verses contrasting the way of sacrifice and ...

Then Jesus told them another story: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who planted good seed in his field. That night, when everyo...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . Given all this, and combined with the central ...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . But what about those people on the outside of ...

From the gospel of Matthew: When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt befo...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . Finally, consider the attribute of negativity ...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . As the self gets symbolically extended so does...

Richard Beck on his blog has an excellent post about Lady Gaga and how she embodies the gospel: In short, in this song [Bad Kid] Gaga is...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . Regarding a study which (put briefly) investigat...

From Richard Beck's book,  unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality In sum, the antagonism between mercy and sacrifi...

After reading Exclusion and Embrace by Volf, I heard about Richard Beck’s book unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality...