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Tony Jones
Didache Top Ten
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Tony Jones
Last Friday, I completed the first draft of a book on the Didache for Paraclete Press. It’ll come out sometime this fall, but in the meantime, here’s a top ten list of my favorite lines from that wonderful little manual on the Christian faith (these come from our new, contemporary translation, which I hope to…
Praying the Bible – Praying with Paul
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Tony Jones
Paul’s pivotal life experience is referred to as the Calling of Paul or the Damascus Road Experience–the day Jesus confronted Paul. Luke recorded the original incident in Acts 9: “Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?” [Paul] said, “Who are you, Master?” “I am Jesus, the One you’re hunting down.” (verses 4-5)
Praying the Bible – Praying with the Disciples
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Tony Jones
The next prayer we’ll investigate is straightforward enough, but the action the apostles took seems curious to us. Shortly after Jesus “was taken up and disappeared in a cloud” (Acts 1:9, technically called the Ascension), and some time before Pentecost, Peter persuaded the other disciples to replace Judas Iscariot, to return their number to twelve.…
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