Christian Carnival CLXVI
. . . has been posted. More fun for all of us! Thanks Dory!
19Now then, brethren, we have boldness to go into the holiest place through the blood of Jesus, 20which he placed as a living way through the curtain, not previously available, which is his flesh. 21Jesus is also a great priest over the household of God. 22So let’s come with true hearts and full assurance of…
I will be hosting the next Christian Carnival on this blog. I have already received a number of submissions and I’m working on them. Get your submissions in soon! The deadline is Tuesday night, midnight, eastern time. I’d especially like to invite Christian blogs who haven’t participated in the carnival before to do so. It’s…
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. . . has been posted at Bounded Irrationality.
These notes are intended to accompany my podcast A Question of Authority. Interpretations of this passage tend to focus on the conflict and how Jesus got out of it. He did, indeed, avoid a difficult situation in a very creative way. But there is an additional realm of discussion. Jesus suggested an entirely different way…
From my reading in Meditations on According to John (forthcoming next week) by Herold Weiss, pp. 91, 92: … Jesus’ work was consummated when he was lifted up, on the third day, on the cross. It is, therefore, somewhat disconcerting to read the promise Jesus makes to those who believe in him: “He who believes…