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The Blue Parakeet: 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

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The Blue Parakeet: Relational Reading

McKnight reminds us, “God speaks to us in words but God is more than the Bible. … God ? Bible.” Missing the difference between God and the Bible is a bit like the person who reads Jonah and spends hours … Continue reading

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The Blue Parakeet: Salvation

As I’ve been thinking through this approach to hermeneutics, it’s occurred to me that there’s an obvious objection: where in this Story is salvation? Where is forgiveness of sin? Where is heaven? You see, in the religion I was brought … Continue reading

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The Blue Parakeet: The Sermon on the Mount

While teaching a class on the Ray Vander Laan series, it occurred to me that the key to the Sermon on the Mount is the Story. It should have been obvious, but it takes a while for these things to … Continue reading

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The Blue Parakeet: The Story’s End, Part 1 (The Resurrection)

We’ve covered the creation accounts, the sin of Adam and Eve, the Curse, God’s covenant with Abraham, and several strands of Old Testament thought that tie the Law of Moses tightly to Christianity, at least more tightly than we normally … Continue reading

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The Blue Parakeet: More on the Law and Circumcised Hearts

Again, when discussing this topic with the teachers, it occurred to me that there are many passages in the Old Testament that contradict the old saw that the Law was about an external, superficial worship, and New Testament Christians worship … Continue reading

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The Blue Parakeet: Community, Part 2 (Salvation)

While covering this week’s material with the teachers Wednesday night, I remembered an old post that might add some interesting depth to the subject. Here it is re-edited for our present purposes. Most commentaries, heavily influenced by Luther and Calvin, … Continue reading

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The Blue Parakeet: Covenant Community

Background After sin entered the world through Adam and Eve, God began the work of putting things right. This work begins most significantly through Abraham. Now, in my childhood, I was taught that there are three dispensations: Patriarchal, Mosaic, and … Continue reading

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The Blue Parakeet: Reading the Bible as Story

Then and now McKnight notes that most blue parakeets — passages in the Bible that we disagree over — can be dealt with by: That was then; this is now. The trick is knowing when to apply it and when … Continue reading

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The Blue Parakeet: The Right Use of Tradition

McKnight continues explaining the right way to read the scriptures. The way of returning to retrieve it all is not the biblical way. The biblical way is the ongoing adoption of the past and adaptation to new conditions and to … Continue reading

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