Is Seminary Necessary?
Sky McCracken thinks we may not, and has some good thoughts on the matter.
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MyBibleVersion.com Update
It has been some time since I discussed the MyBibleVersion.com site, and indeed it has been some time since I updated it. Today I added Google FriendConnect and the ability to comment. Comments are active on the index page and on each of the Bible version detail pages. I believe this will give me the…
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Beware Friends Bearing Manuscripts
That’s something every editor should have laminated and stuck on the wall. There is nothing to make me cringe like a friend or relative telling me that they have a manuscript they’ve been working on for a long time. Inevitably this leads to the question, “Would you be interested in looking at it?” Depending on…
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The Bad Name of Evangelism
Via Shane Raynor on Twitter and the Wesley Report, I found this article on UMPortal about early Methodist evangelism. What struck me, was how many of the ideas there could be found in Acts. Here’s a key quote: She [Rev. Laceye Warner of Duke] defined evangelism as preaching the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ…
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Bibles with a Viewpoint – The Green Bible
Those who read this blog regularly are probably already aware that I have mixed emotions about study Bibles. I would say “love-hate relationship” but none of my feelings about study Bibles attains the level of “love.” Via Sun and Shield I found a review on First Things of The Green Bible. I recommend reading the…
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Lazy
… Bible study that is. Food for thought from for the Sake of Truth.
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Sexual Attraction and Divinity
Two of the lectionary passages today, at least if you go with the United Methodist selections, involve romance and sexual attraction. One, of course, is Song of Songs 2:8-13 and the other is Psalm 45, which has a foreign princess marrying the king of Israel. The second involves romance at least as far as an…
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When the Glory of God Shows Up
Scripture: 1 Kings 8:10-11 (Proper 16B) I like to say that God is present everywhere, and that the difference between one time and another is much more with our awareness of God’s presence than it is with any action on God’s part. But if we believe scripture, there are times when God’s presence is especially…
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Disaster and Judgment
John Piper has suggested that the tornado that struck Minneapolis was a judgment on the ELCA for the recent change in their statement on human sexuality. Piper is a great preacher, and despite some disagreements, I love to hear him present a good gospel message, but I find this, and other similar statements, quite disturbing….
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On Red, White, and Blue Hermeneutics
Some good advice on for the Sake of Truth.