Category Archives: Bible Study

the example of the cross

I’ve been reading the very very good book “A Community Called Atonement” by emerging blogger/theologian Scot McKnight. I was deeply struck by the following passage:

“We are not being fair to the Pauline texts on the cross if we narrow them simply and woodenly to resolution of my sin problem. The cross addresses our sin problem [...]

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lay your hands on me

Jon Bon Jovi, who has one of the best male voices on the radio, once sang a tune about the laying on of hands, but I think he was talking about something quite different than the subject of this topic. Growing up Southern Baptist in America, where people tend to have personal spaces and [...]

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is the OT a metaphor for this age?

In a comment to the post God is love. But what is love? Reinhard said, “the OT does several important things. It acts as a metaphor for this age (the time between Christ’s ascention and return),…”
I have a great difficulty with this statement about the Old Testament being a metaphor for this age. Sure, there [...]

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failing sunday school

Sam is a pranic healer, studying to be a naturopath, and has some church background. Whenever I take a casual shift at work with Sam, conversations tend to run down wildly complex and thought provoking paths. Amidst my questions about pranic healing, chakras, auras and enery, and his about church, Jesus, how I view God [...]

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the parable of the three servants - part 1

Matthew 25:14-30 (New International Version)
This post is going to happen in two parts. That’s because you may have this parable figured out and so I don’t need to write. It’s also because I’ll lose the file if I leave it too long and I don’t have time to finish writing it at this point in [...]

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