When Two Screens Just Aren’t Enough

I must be sounding like a broken record, but  I really dislike mangled passages.  It is sometimes possible to quote part of a passage and just hit the highlights.  That may be required by time limitations. But when the changes made to the passage change the intent of the story, or make nonsense of it,…

A year ago I began to revive this section by using an RSS feed from my various blogs.  While that approach has improved my ability to communicate my lectionary study, it didn’t really solve all the problems.  Though I call this the Energion.com lectionary page, the writing on the lectionary is entirely my own. The…

Ephesians is such a great epistle, but I want to just mention one verse:  So then put aside what is false and let each one speak the truth to his neighbor, because we are members of one another. — Ephesians 4:25 The polite lie is a common means of keeping tempers cool.  We do it…

Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Peter opens the proclamation of the gospel. Psalm 16 Celebration of deliverance. 1 Peter 1:3-9 The outcome of the testing of our faith. John 20:19-31 Jesus appears to the disciples and the doubting of Thomas.

The following audio introduction comes from a previously podcast series on 1 Corinthians.  It will serve as introductory notes for the various comments I will make on passages from 1 Corinthians.  I think it is very important to consider the structure of the letter in understanding these passages.  The first epistle to the Corinthians is…