The blog of the week is the story about Bob Robinson, former student, fellow blogger, and energetic, enthusiastic emerging voice who is now ministering to college students. Bob had emergency heart surgery (see here) and we are still asking for prayers for him, for Linda, and the children. I have been updating what I hear on this blog (one of which is published today, Saturday, 11 Feb.) |inline Read more
I know about 1000 Christian leaders who were given free copies of Eugene Peterson’s Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, and I’m willing to resume our previous posts about the book. We began before Christmas, and it was a bit of a flop. I misread what pastors could do during Advent, and so we had few participants. But, next Tuesday I will begin again with pp. 119-129 (on wonder). How about joining in? If you haven’t read it so far,... Read more
Got this tonight from Matt Robinson: I did see Bob at 4:30 and the oxygen was down to 75% (Good sign.) A few people have said he has opened his eyes while they were in the room with him. As Wendy says below, I understand that the up and down of the recovery is to be expected. Thanks for all who are praying! |inline Read more
Failure is an element of Jesus’ moral logic: when it comes to discussing what Jesus has to say and what he taught about following him, what he said about loving God and loving others, then failure looms large in the Gospels. The simple fact is this: Jesus’ followers failed, and they failed sometimes quite miserably, and failure is written into the fabric of what Jesus has to say about following him. |inline Read more
Failure is an element of Jesus’ moral logic: when it comes to discussing what Jesus has to say and what he taught about following him, what he said about loving God and loving others, then failure looms large in the Gospels. The simple fact is this: Jesus’ followers failed, and they failed sometimes quite miserably, and failure is written into the fabric of what Jesus has to say about following him. |inline Read more
Here is a parable (I will summarize it) about Jesus (not by him). It is not titled, but I’ll call it the Parable of the Repentant Bird (#21 in The Muslim Jesus): |inline Read more
Here is a parable (I will summarize it) about Jesus (not by him). It is not titled, but I’ll call it the Parable of the Repentant Bird (#21 in The Muslim Jesus): |inline Read more
Gracious Christianity follows many today by not making Scripture the prolegomena to a theology, this one a gracious theology, but letting it flow out of Spirit and Bible. I have many times said that I think the order is Christ/Spirit/Church and then Bible, for the Bible is the inspired “script” of Jesus and the Spirit at work for the Church. From it we draw our identity. But, how do Jacobsen and Sawatsky outline Bible? The poll on our blog shows... Read more
The question we asked recently, and to which so many responded, is an important one: What to do about the Lord’s Supper? To answer a question like this involves decisions on a variety of issues, including whether or not one has no known sins in his or her life, whether or not the table is only for believers, whether or not the expression “examine himself” in 1 Corinthians 11:28 means something vital to our context, what one’s local church guidelines/regulations... Read more
A few more sayings about Jesus in the Muslim tradition reveal once again how Jesus was appropriated for specific concerns as Islam developed. A politically quietist attitude on Jesus’ part can be seen in this saying: “Just as kings left wisdom to you [Jesus’ disciples], so you should leave the world to them” (#8). |inline Read more
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