Friday, January 30, 2009

In conclusion

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I finished the book To Preach or Not to Preach? , and here is his conclusion: We have seen that in the New Testament churches the growth int...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Custom is king

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“Those who defend the regular sermon have no choice but to acknowledge the silence of the New Testament, to which they nevertheless appeal a...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Salt of the Earth, or...

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“As sociologist Jacques Ellul observes, far from being a model of freedom, most Christians are models of mediocre bondage, simultaneously th...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Evangelism, or community?

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“...if a Christian group is lacking in love, justice, a sense of community and richness of life, then its evangelistic programmes are unlike...
Monday, January 26, 2009

The Sermon

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“The regular sermon, as used today, is one of a series of sermons which takes place at most of the major meetings of the whole local church....
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Rules!

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This is the final snippet from The Shack Mackenzie is in a boat, having a conversation with the Holy Spirit, portrayed as a woman: “It feel...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Got a poem?

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Eisenbrauns is having a contest again this year. I guess we didn't learn from last year :) Here are all the details: Love is in the air!...

Knowing is loving

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“So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it. Love is just the skin ...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Who is God?

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This is the second snippet from The Shack . God is having a discussion with Mackenzie about who/what God is: “I am what some would say '...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The Shack

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I finally decided to read The Shack last week. I had heard many condemning it, while others sang its praises, so I decided to find out for ...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Narnia and the biblical book of Kings

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Our kids grew up with me reading The Chronicles of Narnia to them. I'm sure they have read them many times by themselves, too. I have p...

Thought for the day

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“Too often commentators resort to the “emphasis” explanation when confronted with atypical or strange structures or forms in passages of the...
Friday, January 16, 2009

A ritual leads to a ritual leads to a...

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After discussing the idea that a perceived problem can lead to a ritual, which solves the problem, Klingbeil notes: Interestingly, some ritu...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Why the original languages are important

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“A basic familiarity with both Hebrew and Greek seems to be necessary if the results of the component analysis [of ritual texts] are to be m...
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Quote for the day

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“The office of cleansing is imposed on the priest; yet he is at the same time forbidden to cleanse any except those who are already pure and...

Perfect Weather

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It is a beautiful day here, zero, clear, with 6 inches of new snow—perfect for snowshoeing, cross-country skiing...and bicycling to work! Wh...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Augustine on the Sabbath Rest

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“The sabbath was given to the Jews to be observed literally, like the other things, as rites symbolically signifying something deeper. A par...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Ritual and the Prophets

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“Jeremiah’s critique [in Jeremiah 7] is not inherently against ritual space or the temple in particular. Rather, it (as was already done by...
Monday, January 12, 2009

The role of ritual

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“Ritual simply cannot substitute for the basic moral and ethical actions of humans. Justice and righteousness need to characterize the prope...
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Prayer request

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Joel & Renee just found out late last week that Rachel has Celiac Disease. Huh? That's what I said, too. Here's Renee's ex...
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