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Sorrow Like My Sorrow – Lamentations 1:12
Can we really understand the suffering of another person or they ours?
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What Is Biblical Literacy?
We complain about it, write about it, claim it’s important or even critical, design programs to create it, but what is it? I don’t mean that none of us know what we mean when we say “biblically literate” or “biblically illiterate,” but do we all mean the same thing? I don’t think we do, and…
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Fences: Mending or Rending
The following is a sermon I presented at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Pensacola on September 11,2005 and originally posted here on September 13, 2005. I’m reposting it because when I went to look for it, I found that the original post had somehow been truncated, and also because there is a one word at a…
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Experiencing the (Baptism of the) Holy Spirit
This is a topic where I tend to make just about everyone uncomfortable. Long time readers may recall a previous discussion of speaking in tongues, and my own experience of it. Those who expect me to be intellectually oriented and rational are uncomfortable with mystical experiences, and many who are comfortable with the mystical experiences…
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A Science Comedian
… no, really!
Christian Carnival CCLXXXVI Posted
… Thoughts and Confessions of a Girl Who Loves Jesus. Enjoy!
A Query for my Scientifically Oriented Friends
In an article on MSNBC’s Cosmic Log, titled How Politeness Evolved, I find the following quote: “It is far from obvious how turn-taking evolved without language or insight in animals shaped by natural selection to pursue their individual self-interests,” University of Leicester psychologist Andrew Colman said last week in a news release about the research….
Somewhat of a Calvinist?
Having located a Peter Kirk approved quiz, Testing Your C-Factor, I decided I really must take it. The results? I’m “somewhat of a Calvinist.” Really? I do like the part about being “slightly hedonistic.” Test your C-Factor: 53% You are somewhat of a Calvinist. Some of your points of view make you look like a…
Do We Live What We Believe
When one edits a book, one has an extraordinary opportunity to think multiple times about some of the statements. In the case of a revolutionary book such as The Jesus Paradigm, which is in the final stages before release, there are quite a number of such sentences. One of these impressed me enough that I…
Response to Sarah Palin Post
Elgin Hushbeck has written a response to my post Not Hating Sarah Palin, but with no trackback, I’m assuming some people may miss his response. While he didn’t change my mind, he deserves a response, but I don’t know how soon I’ll get back to the topic so as to write one. In the meantime,…
A Bowdlerized Lectionary Passage
There are a number of lectionary selections that skip part of a passage. Sometimes this is for time. Sometimes it relates to topic, but sometimes it is simply used to remove material that might offend. I like lectionary preaching and teaching. I think it forces pastors to get out of their comfort zones and expound…
Not Hating Sarah Palin
Mary Fairchild has a post today titled Sarah Palin: Why Some Love Her and Others Hate Her. Along with some other discussion, she writes: …Personally, I think it might have something to do with her allegiance to another kingdom, her ‘higher calling.’ As a follower of Jesus Christ, could it be that Sarah Palin knows…
N. T. Wright on Women in Ministry
It’s no surprise that I like this, considering it’s N. T. Wright. I like reading or listening to him even when I disagree. (HT: Allan Bevere) While I like his comments in general, I’m particularly interested in his approach to deriving his point from scripture. He goes first to the story. What was it that…
My Country, Right or Wrong?
Back in 2007 I wrote a post about patriotism in which I said: Im going to annoy quite a few people with this post, but I have noticed for a number of years that Christians in America often conflate Christianity and American patriotism. … I didn’t post on July 4th this year, but I did…
Hello world!
This is not a blog! Remarkable, isn’t it then, that I post something here and invite discussion. I am planning to use the WordPress software as a content management system, and the blog posts section to make a few rare announcements. In the meantime, this post will provide an open discussion area for response about…
Biblical Studies Carnival #43 Posted
… or prophesied, as the case may be, at kata ta biblia.
Christian Carnival CCLXXXIII Posted
… at The Limitless. Check it out!
Abundance of English Translations but …
… others not so much. On his blog today, Eddie Arthur laments the lack of comment in the blogosphere about the need for Bible translation for language groups that do not have any portion of scripture translated. While many of us discuss with some vigor the merits of various approaches to translation and of renderings…
Who Does the Calling (9B, 2 Sam. 5:1-5
This is a seemingly simple story. The elders of Israel finally recognize David as king after a long time of rebellion and civil war. All come together and make a covenant with David and he becomes their king. But if you think back in the story, you may recall that in 1 Samuel 16, the…
Grace Through the Desert
I contributed a post taken from 2 Corinthians today, but you really ought to subscribe to Grace Through the Desert–inspirational.
Is this YOUR Worship CD?
I was tempted to title this “What we REALLY mean when we sing those praise songs.” HT: Peter Kirk.
Best Movie Review Ever
… though not of the best movie–by far. (HT: The Agitator)
All Tangled Up in Solutions
Imagine being on a ministry committee with the responsibility for examining the plan for Jesus and his congregation (the disciples) going to Jerusalem that final week. What would you consider? What would you recommend? From my observations of the various decision making bodies in churches, I suspect there would have been a few people who…
Exegesis of Stop Signs
I’d seen this some time ago, and it’s really good. Hermeneutics in Everyday Life.
Bible Arcing
Via Pursuing Holiness.
The Privilege of Being a Father
On previous Father’s Days I have blogged about my own father or about the experience of becoming a stepfather after 40. But yesterday and today as I received cards, phone calls, e-mails, and text messages I was thinking about what a privilege it is to be a father and to have some part of guiding…
Christian Carnival CCLXXXI Posted
… at Evangelical Ecologist. Looks like a good collection!
Choosing Bible Reading
I was reading an excellent post by Martin LaBar (Sun and Shield) today about our reading choices. He’s commenting on a study that shows that we tend to select reading that confirms our already existing views. Now I suspect there’s nothing terribly surprising about that. At least most of us assume that other people only…