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on making the vintage faith relevant againEmbracing and Partnering with “The Other”: An Analysis of Mark 9:38-41
This is an essay I wrote for my Biblical Hermeneutics class. We were assigned the task of choosing a Gospel pericope (story/passage) and were suppose to describe and analyze it. I thought it was a pretty good read, so I thought I would post it here. I must warn you,...
read moreThe Casual Use of ‘Heretic’: Response and Joel Osteen
A few days ago I wrote a post on how Christians casually use the word 'heretic.' They fling it around like confetti at anyone who is or thinks different. Now to be sure, there are ideas and teachings that fall outside of Christian orthodoxy, but sometimes the question...
read moreLectio Divina: Genesis 1-2
Today's sacred reading is the Creation Narrative as found in Genesis 1-2, from Robert Alter's translation in his book, "The Five Books of Moses." Technorati Tags: pentatuch, genesis, creation, lectio...
read moreA Review: Out of Print | By John Frye
Out of Print: A Novel Book Excerpt John's Bio Buy the Book What if tomorrow, the text of the Bible disappeared? All of it? What would happen to the Church? Would She still be able to function and exist? Would individual Christians loose their faith? Or would both...
read moreThe Casual Use of ‘Heretic’
In recent weeks, I have been troubled by the casual use of this word by Christians toward other follower's of Jesus. It seems like any time someone says something that is personally disagreeable or "out there" the offender is pistol-whipped by the "H" word with nary a...
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RESOURCES MAKING THE VINTAGE FAITH RELEVANT
