Jesus Creed
Here is our press release for Embracing Grace: A gospel for all of us , by “all” I mean for all Christians and for each part of us (heart, soul, mind, strength). |inline Read more
Here is our press release for Embracing Grace: A gospel for all of us , by “all” I mean for all Christians and for each part of us (heart, soul, mind, strength). |inline Read more
Fasting at the time of Jesus had nothing to do with health, and everything to do with hastening the Kingdom of God by physically embodying one’s intense yearning for God to establish his will. Fasting also had to do with consecration for the High Holidays, like Yom Kippur. Overall, though, fasting is the physical expression of one’s intense yearnings. And this of course raises the issue of why many of us don’t fast — and the answer probably has less... Read more
A good piece by Joseph Epstein, America’s finest essayist, in Commentary magazine, discusses the fate of newspapers. As you may know, the most sophisticated newspapers — who did try to do things objectively and discriminately — are nearly all, like home made ice cream, stuck on a garage shelf and collecting layers of dust. There are lots of reasons, none of which is the subject of my inquiry today, but what I’m wondering is where you get your news. I’ve... Read more
From Michael Russell, who hails from College Station, TX: |inline Read more
Allan Bevere, a professor friend, publishes this AP story: stranger than fiction he suggests. Town May Make Carrying Condoms Mandatory |inline Read more
I have lots of catching up to do, since I missed an entire week of readng other blogs while we were in Mexico (where my son learned to walk on water). But, here’s some stuff I found this week that may interest you, too. I admit I’ve got a little too much here, but there was lots to catch up on and still plenty to read. |inline Read more
I don’t blog much on Saturdays and Sundays. But, I’ve been away and now it is all spilling out. So… here’s a bit to read on defining memoirs. |inline Read more
I wrote this in a Comment box back on David Fitch’s last chp. But, what I’m wondering is what resources there are for this sort of thing: David’s last chp has sent my mind reeling a few times in the last two days, and it has wandered into this thought: what is the long-term impact, structurally and formatively, in age-specific classrooms in the church? Has anyone done much research on this? |inline Read more
David Fitch’s book, The Great Giveaway, as been featured and discussed in many ways on this blog for two weeks, and David has been a “good guy” in listening. Now he responds, and I think you can say this is the way to have a conversation. I thank David for this and for his fine book, which is already clear to all who read this blog. And I would say this in light of his response: I could have emphasized... Read more
Contextually, in the Sermon on the Mount the Lord’s Prayer illustrates “short prayer” in contrast to Gentile verbosity. In this sense, Matt 6:7-15 interrupts the flow of the principle established in 6:1: doing things to be seen by others shifts to manipulating God by long-windedness. And instead of hypocrites being the foil, we now have Gentiles. |inline Read more
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