Jesus Creed
Is Quebec in Canada? OK, I heard a bit about this up in Canada last week. Which State in the USA is most like what Quebec is to Canada? Read more
Is Quebec in Canada? OK, I heard a bit about this up in Canada last week. Which State in the USA is most like what Quebec is to Canada? Read more
Though the entire sweep of the verses below is not called “the gospel” or the “message,” it unmistakably evokes 1 Corinthians 15:1-5 as a narration of the saving events of Jesus’ life: 16 Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a body,was vindicated by the Spirit,was seen by angels,was preached among the nations,was believed on in the world,was taken up in glory. The gospel is a declaration of the narrative of Christ’s entire life; this gospel... Read more
David Naugle’s new book, Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness, probes into the deep senses of happiness — a yearning in each person and yet something found by many to be elusive. I like that Naugle ties together Shalom — peace — and Agape — love. Genuine happiness is not simply an internal emotional state, or a psychological condition, but a person in connection with God, with self, and with others — in this world. I’m... Read more
When it comes to grasping the big picture of what is doing on in culture, the single-most important book I have read in the last thirty years is Robert Bellah’s famous Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life . (Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community came next.) But I have to put next to Bellah’s book the devastatingly insightful Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled–and More... Read more
And I love this horsing around picture of her. Congrats from the Jesus Creed community to Pat Summitt and the Lady Vols! Read more
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By the way, if anyone is collecting all this series into a MS Word document, I’d be happy to give you a bundle of credit and repost the whole series in one document. One of these days I’ll learn the more elegant trick of writing my posts in MS Word and pasting them into Movable Type (ugh). Here’s a crucial passage when it comes to “gospel” and “kerygming” in the New Testament: (more…) Read more
Genesis 1 has been studied, debated, and expounded as much as any text in world history. Scholars and amateurs alike have poured over this text for twenty-five hundred years, and it continues to demand our attention because of its arresting content and architectonic style. (p. 29) So begins Bill Arnold’s discussion of Genesis 1 (actually 1:1-2:3) in his commentary Genesis (New Cambridge Bible Commentary Series) . There are two different issues we must consider with Genesis 1 – Form and... Read more
In my recent research on the meaning of “gospel,” I read Ted A. Campbell’s new book, The Gospel in Christian Traditions. Here is a book that needs to be read as a primer to theology in the history of the Church. Why? Because theology is the unfolding of the gospel and the gospel alone can contain the contours of the gospel. This book is designed by a veteran theologian in the ecumenical movement to demonstrate that the church’s unity can... Read more
I’ve heard from a few of you that you are having trouble posting comments on this blog. We’d like to hear what is happening. Read more
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