Wisdom of the week: from Hamo about personality cults. You know I’m a big fan of Pastor Jim Martin, who has the wisest blog in the world, but if you’re young (married less than ten years or thinking about it even), then you need to listen to his great advice on 41 things to know about marriage. And if anyone tells you it is one thing, don’t listen to them: there’s lots to learn, and the list gets longer the... Read more
Some more sayings from Khalidi’s collection of sayings and stories about Jesus that are not found in the Kor’an. |inline Read more
Some more sayings from Khalidi’s collection of sayings and stories about Jesus that are not found in the Kor’an. |inline Read more
Today is Thursday, March 2 and I am happy to report great news! Bob was breathing on his own today for several hours!! The trach is still in, but they can cover it to let him breathe himself. He was doing well, Linda said, just tired from all that activity! |inline Read more
A highlight of my week in San Diego was meeting with Mark Oestreicher (Marko). We had lunch in La Jolla (pronounced La Hoya) overlooking the bay. Well, it is not hard to imagine. It was beautiful. The food was good and the fellowship great. Oddly enough, our time together got my head to spinning and it led me to think of why it is that I’m not a youth minister. |inline Read more
I am impressed with how Peter seeks to provide a mental apparatus for his readers on how to cope with opposition to Jesus and the Church. They are to be nourished by feasting on the Lord (1 Pet 2:3), and now Peter says that the Lord on whom they are to be nourished is: |inline Read more
Cell phone? I do. I got it last Friday. I’ve not had a good relation with cell phones. We got Kris one of those boxy cell phones years ago so she would have an emergency phone should you need it on her commute. Which one time she did when the car stopped running on an expressway. But it took me a long while to warm up to this contraption. |inline Read more
In our local area The Chapel is spreading its wings and its message by offering off-site video sermons with on-site pastoral leadership. It hit home when a large (900 members) local church in Libertyville, Hawthorn Hills Community Church, joined The Chapel to become “The Chapel-Hawthorn Hills Campus.” |inline Read more
This is the sixth installment of a series on N.T. Wright’s new book, Paul in Fresh Perspective, by Allan Bevere and I, and we’ve observed that Tom Wright here is playing his view of Paul over against the “new” perspective. “Reworking God’s People” is the subject of this chapter. How, we might ask right up front, do you see Paul redefining “Israel” in his theory of the church? |inline Read more
The future of emerging theology fascinates me. I’ve said this before, but let me say it again. In the 80s and 90s, historical Jesus studies and studies about the new perspective on Paul dominated academic discussions. It was fun to watch and be there and see it all take place. New voices arose and made enduring contributions. Nothing, and let me emphasize that — nothing whatsoever — is now capturing the biblical academic discussion like historical Jesus studies and the... Read more
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