He is the darling of the theo-left. Since he often contributes to Christian Century, he receives wide hearing among the other mainliners as well as among some of the emergent folk since he lectures for them too. Red Letter Christians know him from his writings in Jim Wallis' Sojourners. They love his handling of the OT. He is UCC, duh. His Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy is probably as good as any summary of his current thinking since it was released in the late 90s. I found his division of the OT canon into the notions of ethos, pathos, and logos to be more clever than helpful.

My advice? Stay away from him. He isn't worth the time.

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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