Scott D. Hendricks 📜🪶🪔

It’s not a real Methodist church unless you’ve a random but formerly purposed pew with little wooden Wesley busts on it.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

Revelation was one of the most dubious texts considered for canonization. Of old Hebrew was not considered by all to be authentically Pauline.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

Such an approach obtains much value for all participants. It neither alienates nor dogmatizes where unnecessary.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

For centuries theology was not an isolated discipline among the sciences. It was — and I would argue, ought to be — the rightful belonging of all baptized Christians. It is our common inheritance of faith at baptism.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

I pray you'll forgive my use of 'so-called' here, owing to the context, it felt more natural to not assume the term applied universally to all early authors read by all 3 people reading this thread.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

Many people who are called ‘saint’ were not recognized as such during their lifetime. Many sainted bishops got deposed or displaced several times. John Chrysostom was put out at least 4 times and died in exile.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

Chapter and verse reference numbers for the Bible were a late invention.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

Revelation was one of the most dubious texts considered for canonization. Of old Hebrew was not considered by all to be authentically Pauline.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

God is not male.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

Christian ‘fundamentalism’ and debates about inerrancy are even younger.

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

(Disclaimer: these will be non-sequential — more or less random.)

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

Can't tell if this would be cringe or good. Hmm.

Euthyphro: "What's new, Socrates?" Socrates: "Oh, you hadn't heard? There is nothing new under the sun." E: “Nonsense!" S: "Wanna bet?" E: "Sure." [Euthyphro and Socrates shake hands.] S: "Okay, hit me." E: "I'm having my father arrested."

I’m tempted to start a thread of the most profound and sometimes provocative things I learned in college (undergrad 'seminary').

Δόξα Πατρί, καὶ Υἱῷ, καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν, καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τους αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Having a perfectly normal one over here . . .

I should have been a systematic theologian . . .