Monthly Archives: September 2010

Kenneth Bailey on Jesus’ Journey Through Jericho

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

This from Kenneth Bailey’s “Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes”. Bailey sees the union of the story of Jesus healing the blind man with the story of Jesus inviting himself to Zacchaeus’ house. He sees the crowd’s initial irritation at the … Continue reading →

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How I use Twitter

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

I’ve written about this before but I want something that I can repeatedly post to Twitter as a kind of disclaimer to my tweets. My primary use for me posting on twitter is that of an archivist. Twitter is a … Continue reading →

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Understanding Colossians 1:24 through Luke 18:31-34

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

Got a question on Voices about Colossians 1:24 and decided to write a treatment of it through my text for this week’s sermon, Luke 18:31-34. Luke 18:31-34 (NRSV) Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, “See, we … Continue reading →

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3 Doctrinal emphases essential to both liberalism and the Mormon world view

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

This from Richard Mouw’s lecture given at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the CRC. He found this comment from a Mormon scholar who was complaining that recently some Mormon scholars were beginning to sound a … Continue reading →

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Guiding Beliefs of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

I’ve written about this before, but once just isn’t enough. This is from the book Almost Christian by Kenda Creasy Dean following Christian Smith’s fine work. 1. A god exists who created and orders the world and watches over life … Continue reading →

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Discussing House Churches

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

JRD Kirk responded to a post by John Armstrong on the upsides and downsides of house churches. I think this is a very important discussion for the church to have. As I wrote in the comment I see house churches … Continue reading →

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