Jesus said to them, “my wife….”
September 18, 2012
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The misapplication of the theology of the cross
September 17, 2012
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What if, as a corrective to generations of preaching aimed at our selfishness and self-absorption, we spent a little time as a church trying to figure out how we can best determine what God expects from us in the ways of self-sacrifice, with some particular attention to the ways in which our willingness to sacrifice is used against us, and the ways in which people who have power assign crosses to those who do not.
Is the church too timid to speak frankly about sex?
September 10, 2012
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The church shies away from frank discussions about sex while claiming to be Bible-based and scripture centered. You cannot be those things and not talk about God’s good gift of sex and how it is to be used to God’s glory.
Bread? Again?
August 11, 2012
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Three weeks of “bread” gospels makes one wonder what to preach on tomorrow. Karyn Wiseman has some thoughts at
The sad cycle of Evangelical Biblical scholarship
July 30, 2012
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About six weeks ago, Peter Enns wrote a column for Patheos that has been pinging around the Internet ever since. In it, he laments the situation the dilemma that evangelical scholars who do their graduate work at non-evangelical institutions face when they return to evangelical schools.
The danger of Mancinism
July 28, 2012
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by Leo Frade My beloved in Christ let me begin this homily by alerting you that the first part could upset some of you and
John 6:1-21: Bread
July 27, 2012
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John 6.1-21 Like much of the world in this Olympic year, I’m gearing up for a couple of weeks of broken sleep, when too much
Mark 6:30– reflections
July 20, 2012
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It ain’t easy being green, or a vicar, or a dad; they each come with their own special challenges, although being a frog would be
Speaking truth to power
July 13, 2012
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Just occasionally, with the emphasis on just, reading one of the Biblical stories is a bit like living in reality TV-land but more uncomfortable. Reading
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