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Communion Meditation: Renewing Our Vows
[Prayer for the loaf.] [Dispensing of the loaf.] You know, the more I study the Lord’s Supper, and the more I learn about First Century culture, the more amazed I am at how many symbols and images and ideas are … Continue reading
Hermeneutics and Blue Parakeets: Restoration Movement Blue Parakeets
So how does this approach to hermeneutics affect Restoration Movement teaching? Well, quite a lot, actually. Let’s take some examples. Sunday The classic Restoration Movement hermeneutic is to think in terms of commands, examples, and necessary infererences (CENI). This approach … Continue reading
A Heaven-Sent Coaching Hire
Just had to share a little University of Alabama football theology (heavenly photo thanks to www.rollbamaroll.com).
Hermeneutics and Blue Parakeets: End Notes
Just a few thoughts that didn’t fit in the earlier posts. Thought 1: So what’s what’s so fearsome about “emerging”? Scot McKnight is one of the leading scholars in the emerging church movement, and yet his book doesn’t partake of … Continue reading
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Hermeneutics and Blue Parakeets: Discerning
McKnight offers an extended example of how to apply these principles in practice by working through the passages on the role of women. I’ll not cover those chapters in any detail, as they follow the outline of my own Buried … Continue reading
Hermeneutics and Blue Parakeets: Missional Listening
McKnight argues that if we love someone, we’ll listen to his words. Therefore, our Bible reading must be a listening reading. Now, this seems pretty elementary, but consider what it contradicts — * Reading to prove yourself right * Reading … Continue reading
Is it okay to celebrate New Year’s Day?
[Re-posted from last year. The football references have not been updated.] On a discussion board, I’ve been engaged in an oh-so-long discussion re the propriety of a Christian celebrating Christmas. And then someone asked what I planned to do for … Continue reading
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Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: No Greater Love, Part 2 (the Sermon on the Mount)
Jesus ministered in the area of Capernaum and Korazin, an area where Jews and Gentiles were mingled, and along the Via Maris — which would allow his teaching to be spread throughout the world. (Mat 4:13-25) Leaving Nazareth, he went … Continue reading
Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: No Greater Love, Part 1 (Korazin)
The video begins at the traditional site of the Sermon on the Mount, overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Just to the north are the ruins of Korazin, a city where Jesus often taught. Korazin At Korazin the DVD shows the … Continue reading
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The Truth Project, from Focus on the Family
A reader has emailed me asking whether I can offer any recommendation as to lesson material from Focus on the Family called the “Truth Project,” a series of DVD lessons on the Christian worldview. I’d not heard of it until … Continue reading
