Here is a question that occurs to anyone sensitive to interpreting the Bible: Is the event itself — say the crossing of the Red Sea or the exile/return or the incarnation or the death or the resurrection of Jesus — revelatory or does the event become revelatory under the power of the Spirit who inspires the authors of the Bible to “interpret” the event so that its true meaning is clear? And, the chaser question: If the latter, does the... Read more
According to N.T. Wright, Romans 12:2 “stands alongside [12:1] as the head of the whole section [12-15].” Paul’s point: those who are in Christ are to live in this world as if they were in the New World. Just as they were to offer themselves as a sacrifice, so they were to be spiritually renewed in the mind. |inline Read more
Da Bears! An awesome display on both sides of the ball this week. Rex Grossman is showing he’s figured out the QB spot. |inline Read more
As many of you know, a major sports rivalry was had in the Midwest yesterday. Notre Dame vs. Michigan, at ND — and here’s a memento. |inline Read more
O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
The conservationists and farmers in Colorado are at odds again over prairie dogs. The “rodenator” is the newest device designed to exterminate prairie dogs. There’s got to be a better solution than blowing up those cute little dogs, and I’m throwing the weight of this blog against those using the rodenator. |inline Read more
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Are your friendship within a “clique,” a “clan,” or a “community”? Joseph Epstein’s 13th chapter in Friendship: An Expose, explores friendship through these three categories. Where are yours? |inline Read more
At least once a semester, often more than that, I am asked if the earliest Christians continued to sacrifice animals at the Temple. I guess that probably some did, but the “redemptive trend” (if I might borrow from a book I’m about to read) finds its north star elsewhere. Notice Romans 12:1-2. |inline Read more
Once or twice a year a student in my office informs me that his or her parents are getting divorced or going through serious marital issues. One student was overwhelmed by the gravity of her situation: After explaining that she knew her parents were glued together for the last few years by her, and that after leaving for college the glue began to crack, she asked me if the divorce was her fault. |inline Read more
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