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We continue our series of commentaries on the New Testament: today we look at the Fourth Gospel. I always look to RE Brown first; it’s getting old, but I’ve learned so much from him I start with his 2-volume commentary: The Gospel According to John (I-XII) (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries) . CK Barrett’s commentary…

Jeremy Berg is a pastor in Burnsville MN and this post is one that has crossed my own mind a number of times. Do you pick up hitchhikers?  Why or why not?  I passed one by again today as I drove through town.  I have to confess my conscience is disturbed every time this happens.…

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

James’ words from James 1:27 continue to ring in our ears: Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. “Pure and faultless” piety is to show compassion for the orphans and widows.…

I’ve been twittering a little while and my own jury is still out. Here’s some thoughts, and I’d be glad to hear yours (but don’t be a curmudgeon about it unless you’ve given a shot): 1. The best twitter-er I follow is Greg Daniel, @DanielLiterary. He does (much better) what I do on Saturday (Weekly…

When the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Then he took a…

Here is a pressing issue — something Christianity Today recently discussed: the level of familiarity with the Bible’s story. Chris Folmsbee is asking us today to weigh in on what’s going on in our churches and homes. Help us out here … now to Chris. My predecessor at Barefoot left a pile of book proposals…

For many Christians the creation narratives in Genesis 1-2 and the fall in Genesis 3 are key passages in conversations concerning science and faith. The significance of our knowledge of the age of the earth and the theory of evolution hinges on the interpretation of these passages as literal, figurative, mythical,  or mytho-historical. The impact…

The next heresy in B. Quash and M. Ward, Heresies and How to Avoid Them: Why It Matters What Christians Believe  concerns Marcion and asks this question: Can Christians dispense with the God of the Old Testament? I hear this one all the time: the so-called “God of the Old Testament” is fierce and wrathful…

Have you seen the new series from Christianity Today International? There are a number of volumes in this series, and I’m privileged to be in two of them. These books take CT articles and turn them into study sessions for adults, and they do so in a way that makes folks think within the broad…
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