I have written a couple of articles this week for my Participatory Bible Study Blog that relate to the week’s lectionary passages.
1) Translating Philippians 1:9-11 comparing three translations of the passage and discussing the difficulties of getting a clear English rendering
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2) The Mosaic Bible and the Lectionary – Update discussing the use of The Mosaic Bible (NLT) from Tyndale House in connection with the lectionary.
(Nov. 2, 2003 ? All Saints Sunday) Ruth 1:1-18 and Psalm 146 Or Deuteronomy 6:1-9 and Psalm 119:1-8 Hebrews 9:11-14 Mark 12:28-34
This is the relevant presentation from my audio series on the gospel of John for Epiphany 1B. Though the scripture reading ends at verse 41, the presentation covers the transition from the baptism to the wedding feast at Cana. {audio}2-1-baptism_to_ministry.mp3{/audio}
Being a father and then a grandfather has made me progressively more interested in how to protect kids. One of the best ways is by teaching them to be aware of their surroundings and not to be paranoid, but to be intelligent and careful. If someone is scaring them, it’s generally a good idea to…
I find it very interesting to watch the way Christians handle the ten commandments. On the one hand, they have become an icon of our Christian culture, so that nobody wants to claim that they don’t keep them. They’re regarded as a foundational and basic icon, so we keep trying to make them the firm…
Will Humes, a Methodist pastor in Pennsylvania, is proposing a four year lectionary. Two major benefits he sees for this lectionary is that it would give the gospel of John a bigger place in the lectionary, and also inclusion of more wisdom literature. I have already briefly commented on this. What I’m planning to do…
I have just added the RefTagger module to this site. It seems like a valuable adjunct to a site that has as many Bible references as this one. I have set the default version to TNIV. I may change that from time to time just to keep people thinking!
