Archive - Tamed Cynic

Jesus is Neither a Resource Nor a Mascot

The Temptation of Gehazi: making miracles into commodities

Jul 2 •

The Word Speaks Still, And When He Does Even the Waves and the Winds Remember Who They Are

Miracles as Visible Words of the Gospel

Jul 1 •

June 2025

“Perfectly free, servant of all.”

Too often the way we speak of freedom is the way the Bible speaks of sin.

Jun 25 •

Jesus Changes Everything

The first task of the church is to be the church.

Jun 24 •

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56:55

“This Had To Be Done”

a conversation with Rabbi Joseph Edelheit

Jun 23 •

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Joseph A Edelheit

43:06

When Jesus Speaks, Even Death Listens

We forget: God loves being our God.

Jun 22 •

31:34

"Grace is the destruction of the world’s antimonies"

There is a will that wills in our world that is not the will of God.

Jun 20 •

"Not in His Wrongness"

In a sermon that is truly theological, no side is affirmed uncritically.

Jun 19 •

Jesus Changes Everything

The Habits of Peace

Jun 18 •

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Josh Munnikhuysen

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53:58

In a World Without Stories, Miracles are Just Anomalies

a defense of miracles

Jun 17 •

Help Us: Prayers of Fleming Rutledge

"To encounter the living God, through the trembling voice of one of his most faithful heralds..."

Jun 16 •

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Crackers & Grape Juice

The Now Done Darkness

"As for miracles, the true problem is therefore not whether they are possible, but how we are to distinguish them from events in general."

Jun 15 •

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