Few things excite me more than the announcement of a new scholarly tome on Christology. It’s not uncommon for me to knock things over en route to my credit card when I receive a promotional e-mail or printed flyer from a publisher. And I get a weird smirk on my face whenever I go to a theological library and discover a pile of new journal articles to copy for later consumption. I guess you might say that I’m a junkie when it comes to academic Jesus studies. But despite my affinity for the ivory tower, I’m just a visitor to that world. I don’t live there. Neither do the people that I’m called to influence. Continue Reading »