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The Author of Hebrews Discovered At Last!
I’ve got to admit, I’d have never suspected William Butler Yeats, but if you can’t trust the New York Times, who can you trust? He welcomed visitors with large-print messages on the walls. “Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they … Continue reading
Basic Christian Decency 101
Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:34-35) Just sayin’. Share this: Digg this … Continue reading
Prepare to Be Discouraged
If you don’t want anything to upset your Christmas spirit (or your faith in humanity), please click away. A church’s decision to ban a couple from its congregation, simply because their skin color is different, has cut through the heart … Continue reading
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Right and Left and Wrong and Stuff
Imagine my surprise to find this rant in my feed reader this morning: No one to my knowledge has ever been kicked out of the Evangelical Theological Society for being too conservative, and frankly I don’t think anyone could get … Continue reading
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Gigantic November 2011 Biblical Studies Carnival
Did I say “gigantic”? It’s practically brobdingnagian! Go see for yourself at Remnant of Giants. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
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The Sermon that Might Have Been
Touching (and heartbreaking) story from Chaplain Mike: At the very beginning of the pastor’s message, these thoughts came to me. If what I just described had been the sermon, in my view it would have faithfully represented a plain and … Continue reading
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Is the Sermon on the Mount Gospel?
I think I already knew this, but I’m glad Scot McKnight expressed it so well: Here Jesus rises to the mountain — surely an echo of Moses giving the Torah from Mt Sinai — to reveal God’s will for God’s … Continue reading
Every Church Has Its Thing
Why isn’t the thing love? If I study my Bible every day and have private devotions, but have not love, I am nothing. If I tithe to the church, and support good charities, but have not love, I gain nothing. … Continue reading
Jesus Didn’t Teach What the NT Says about Him—But So What?
Interesting thought from Larry Hurtado about unexplored premises in Historical Jesus study: [B]oth sides have subscribed to a common premise, which goes something like this: If a serious difference can be shown between what Jesus himself taught (especially what he … Continue reading
Random Thought
Jesus’ enemies denounced him as a friend of sinners. He never denied the charge. In fact he augmented it: “I’ve come for people who are sick, not those who are healthy.” It seems to me we do a disservice to … Continue reading
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