Jody has already announced this, but our texts Monday night will be:
Lectionary texts:
1 Kings 3:5-12
Psalm 119:129-136
Romans 8:26-39
Matthew 13:31-52
Opening question: What is THE treasure?
Or: is the kingdom seeking you or are you seeking the kingdom?
No, not the same question, but they may shed light on one another.
He makes some random observations.
Giving away one free copy of God’s Desire for the Nations: The Missionary Theology of John Piper (Energion Publications).
Last night I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Bruce Epperly, author of several Energion titles out of a total of 28 books he has written so far. Bruce is always both interesting and challenging, and doesn’t avoid the hard questions. We placed his books on a special “buy 2 get 1 free” sale just…
… is not really my business. I recall one of my college professors who said that it was very liberating for him when he realized that it was not his responsibility to figure out who was going to be saved and who wasn’t. That’s basically my position. I tend to apply 1 Corinthians 2:9 (eye…
I’ve used the term phrase “divine-human combination” or something quite close to it several times over the last few days. It’s easy to make it appear that this concept of inspiration, sometimes called “incarnational” is largely a tool to deal with the difficult parts of scripture. When I read “love your neighbor as yourself” I…
Some very interesting points. It’s only fair that Herold Weiss, whose book Creation in Scripture I publish, would disagree with some of John Walton’s views, while affirming the broader ideas about how to read an ancient text. (HT: Allan R. Bevere)
must send regrets today.