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I have been puzzled more than once why Peter overloads on “spirituality” in 1 Peter 2:5. Here are his words in the NRSV: “like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

Summary by Bevere: 1. Introduction: In chapter seven, “Reimagining God’s Future,” Wright comes to the final theme in the trilogy of Paul’s reworking of traditional Jewish theology– eschatology.

Summarizing a clear but still technical journal article is not easy, and so shorter here is better. David Mills, a prof at Cedarville University, asks if the critics of emergent leaders are justified in their accusation that the leaders are epistemological relativists or deniers of truth. His piece is called “Mountain or Molehill? The Question…

Here’s an update on Bob Robinson. Keep praying for Bob.

This section in Eugene Peterson’s book, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, deals with how the fear-of-the-Lord is developed in history: Peterson suggests it occurs through Eucharist and Hospitality.

Wisdom of the week: from Hamo about personality cults. You know I’m a big fan of Pastor Jim Martin, who has the wisest blog in the world, but if you’re young (married less than ten years or thinking about it even), then you need to listen to his great advice on 41 things to know…

Some more sayings from Khalidi’s collection of sayings and stories about Jesus that are not found in the Kor’an.

Today is Thursday, March 2 and I am happy to report great news! Bob was breathing on his own today for several hours!! The trach is still in, but they can cover it to let him breathe himself. He was doing well, Linda said, just tired from all that activity!

A highlight of my week in San Diego was meeting with Mark Oestreicher (Marko). We had lunch in La Jolla (pronounced La Hoya) overlooking the bay. Well, it is not hard to imagine. It was beautiful. The food was good and the fellowship great. Oddly enough, our time together got my head to spinning and…

I am impressed with how Peter seeks to provide a mental apparatus for his readers on how to cope with opposition to Jesus and the Church. They are to be nourished by feasting on the Lord (1 Pet 2:3), and now Peter says that the Lord on whom they are to be nourished is:
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