Ears to hear
June 15, 2012
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Reflections on Mark 4:26-34 It wasn’t until I was given an IPod Nano that I began to notice how many other people have the regulation
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Tag: Scripture
The Bible is fiction
June 6, 2012
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A thoughtful blog post by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman on the nature of the Bible:
A further thought on John 3:16
March 22, 2012
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Having now preached this Gospel again, I would note that it is precisely in the wilderness that Christ is lifted up. It is when we
Theological and political carts and horses
March 18, 2012
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“Medieval theologians, by contrast, were interested in creating encyclopedic bodies of knowledge. The command to “have dominion,” in this context, became a command to accumulate facts about the natural world.”
God so loved the world
March 15, 2012
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The heart of the matter is that all is gift–abundant mercy poured out in the gift of this particular Son, given in a world where sin and violence abound.
When we encourage Bible reading
March 2, 2012
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How should Christians read the Bible? The answer to that deceptively simple question may help to identify differences between the norm and how Christians actually read, or recommend reading, the Bible.
Neither do I
February 7, 2012
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We are so used to censuring and being censured by those who do not have our standards. But to receive the message “Neither do I condemn you,” is so radical an act of majesty.
Encourage People to Read the Bible? Maybe not
February 3, 2012
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Devotional reading of the Bible naively presumes that a person, by reading the text, will hear God speak. Meaning depends upon the reader’s modern worldview, the plain sense of the English text, and the reader’s existing theological biases.
Healing
February 3, 2012
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Psalm 69 “O God, you know my foolishness, and my faults are not hidden from you.” One of the Native Youth with whom I work
WWGD? (That’s Galileo)
January 12, 2012
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An excerpt from The Rev. Susan Russell’s response to an email with the subject line “The Clear Truth Of Scripture”, found in The Huffington Post:
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