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Why do we read the Bible? I’ll venture to guess here. Our tendency is to go to the Bible for something new, to read it in the hope and expectation of a fresh discovery of something we did not know or had not heard or had completely forgotten. As a professor who teaches the Bible,…

The blogworld got pretty serious about my post on the death penalty, and we saw some areas of disagreement. The poll (to your right) surprised me, but then again I’m not always sure of the demographics of my readers. I did think that doing the bars in blue and red was clever, but I wish…

Friendship, that is the one needful thing for this conversation. What I mean mostly is that no matter where we stand, when we are done discussing something, we still should be friends. We remain friends because we love one another, not because we are convenient for one another or support one another or agree with…

For Simeon, Christmas meant “salvation (Luke 1:30). What does “salvation” mean for Simeon? This could be answered by asking how Luke uses this term, which is a big, big term for him and which refers to the fullness of God’s redemptive gospel, but it is better (I think) to see just what it might mean…

This post summarizes Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, pp. 108-118. I’m hoping a short section, focused as it is on only one issue (Sabbath), might draw more into the conversation. Peterson contends to “play with Christ” in creation we need to cultivate Sabbath and Wonder (next post).

Tookie Williams was executed last night, at the stroke of midnight. I do not know enough of the facts to judge whether or not California was just, nor do I want to comment on the Tookie Williams case. My view is that the death penalty is just, especially in American jurisprudence, but Christians should oppose…

For Simeon, Christmas meant death (Luke 2:27-32). Simeon was told that he would not “see” death before he “saw” the Messiah, and when he “saw” the Messiah he was also “seeing” the end of his own life. The aged Simeon cups in his arms an infant boy — old and young testifying to the work…

Charlie Wear has posted my thoughts about the gospel at Next-Wave. And very, very nice graphics along the way.

This week of posts on Advent will look at Simeon and Anna, two charming seniors who gathered at the Temple to pray and long for God’s justice and Kingdom because they knew Israel’s condition was not what God planned. No Christmas song I’ve heard is as good as Michael Card’s “Now That I’ve Held Him…

Here we go. Here’s an example of my previous posts about learning how to talk with one another, and I’m not so sure it is happening as it ought. Emergent leaders Brian McLaren and Tony Jones are quoted in an article you can read here about a joint venture of working together with some Jewish…
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