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Buried Talents: A Note
I’ve added some material to “Avoiding Our Biases and Bad Habits” starting at Overlooking the Old Testament and the Gospels. That section is new, and the final section is expanded.
Buried Talents: Hermeneutics and Such Like, Part 1
Before we begin this study in detail, we must remind ourselves of certain key principles: 1. Grace extends to this area too. A Christian will not be lost if he or she in good conscience violates God’s will regarding women. … Continue reading
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Amazing Grace: Ephesians 4
I want to take a close look at an often-overlooked passage. Well, actually, it’s talked about a lot. It’s just that it’s not understood the way I want to explain it. The lesson starts with — (Eph 4:11-13) It was … Continue reading
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Buried Talents: Avoiding Our Biases and Bad Habits
We all have a tendency to find in the Bible what we expect to find. The Pharisee finds plenty of commands to impose on his brothers. The liberal finds language that excuses just about any conduct. The male chauvinist pig … Continue reading
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Buried Talents: Studies in the Role of Women, Preface
[As promised, I’m starting a series on the role of women. These posts will be shamelessly ripped off from my book Buried Talents, which is available in full text on this site. However, I’m updating it. In particular, a number … Continue reading
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Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of Christ, Part 2
This is an issue I’m struggling with. For most of my life, I’ve been in denial about it and I have never had a gay relationship. But I am attracted to men. I gave up on dating women because it … Continue reading
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Are We Sacramentalists? The Orthodox View, Part 1
We don’t study the teachings of the Eastern Orthodox that much, although it’s one of the largest denominations of believers on the planet. This is largely due to the Protestant’s common history with Catholicism. We have less in common with … Continue reading
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Barna’s Latest on Divorce
George Barna has just released the results of a survey of American divorce rates. Christians in general have about the same rate as non-Christians — 32% to 33%. However, evangelicals have a 26% rate and Catholics have a 28% rate. … Continue reading
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Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of Christ, Part 1
Readers, I received an email requesting that I post something on being gay in the Churches of Christ. I’ve split the email into 8 parts, to fit my answers more closely to the reader’s questions and because his poignant email … Continue reading
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Emoticons
Mark asked for emoticons. I GOT EMOTICONS! In the comment field, type any of the character sets in the right three columns to get the emoticon on the left. ( đź‘ż is permitted only for a holy cause!)