Posts/Articles Written by Marcus

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ Progressive Christians are often better known for what we don’t believe than for what we do affirm. I say “we” because I am one of them. There is an obvious reason: we disagree with much of the most publicly […]

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ I sympathize with clergy who preach about Easter to the same congregation for several years. Of course, you say what you think is most important the first time. So what do you say

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ On Monday in Holy Week, Jesus performed the second of two provocative public protests in Jerusalem. The first, as described in my previous blog, occurred on what has come to be called “Palm

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ I wish that all Christians knew the story of Holy Week. Indeed, I wish everybody, Christian or not, did. But Christians especially. It is the story that should shape our understanding of Jesus

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ A few blogs ago, I wrote about a persistent theme of my thinking in my middle and late adult life: memories, conversions, and convictions. Memories of what I absorbed as I grew up

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ Ash Wednesday (this year, March 5th) is the first day of the season of Lent. In liturgical churches, it begins with a vivid reminder of death. As the words “Dust thou art and

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ This blog supplements my previous “Amos and American Christianity.” If you read that first, this blog will make more sense to you. Amos’s radical criticism of the way the powerful and wealthy of

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ I have been thinking a lot lately about what I wish every Christian knew. On my list: I wish all Christians, especially American Christians, knew the book of Amos. My reasons are both

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ I am very much enjoying and valuing the conversation about my recent blog about the Bible and what it is and is not. I am especially interested in the comments about mystical experiences

From Dr. Borg’s blog on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marcusborg/ An alert to readers of the “Progressive Christian” Faith Stream who do not often read the “Evangelical” Faith Stream: if you are interested in Christian conflict about the Bible (what it is, and