Between writing projects and travel, I cannot guarantee that I will post every day this week. I am in the last steps of editing a dissertation, and need to get that done today. Tuesday, I fly from Zagreb to Nashville TN, then on to Lexington KY to spend time with family. I have a meeting … Continue reading This Week …
Sermon: God Blesses Us When We Worship
Here is the preaching pdf for my sermon tomorrow, "God Blesses Us When We Worship": God blesses us when we worship him (John 12.1-11). This will be the first sermon in a series that takes us through the summer, although we have guest speakers etc., so the series will skip weeks here or there. This … Continue reading Sermon: God Blesses Us When We Worship
Creation Care
At Jesus Creed, RJS is reading a book on creation care from a pair of scholars, with academic pedigrees in biblical studies and biology. The book looks like a must-read. I invite you to read the whole post (and its predecessor) at Jesus Creed. Here is the money paragraph from the current post: The earth … Continue reading Creation Care
Discovered a “New” Band, JRAD
So I'm a big fan of the Grateful Dead and Phish, bands whose shows are/were hugely improvisational: no set list, so the songs they play vary greatly every night; long, extended jams, thirty minute guitar solos, etc. I am a jam band fan. (I was greatly disappointed when I got the CDR's of Led Zeppelin's … Continue reading Discovered a “New” Band, JRAD
Success, Improvement, and Making Excuses
(This is in part an update of a post from February 2015.) Today, here is what Seth Godin has on his blog: Of course it could be better That’s not the question, not really. The question is, “what are you going to do about it?” And, to follow up, “what effort are you willing to … Continue reading Success, Improvement, and Making Excuses
The Bible and the Gay Christian
The best thing I have ever read on the topic of the Bible and homosexuality is Richard Hays's essay, "Awaiting the Redemption of Our Bodies," published in Sojourners almost thirty years ago. (This article became part of Hays's The Moral Vision of the New Testament. Hays is one of the most important New Testament scholars working … Continue reading The Bible and the Gay Christian
Studying Paul and the Mind, Step 4
Ok, so: here is the textbase of texts (now in the RSV) from Paul's letters. I think this is every passage where he speaks of discipleship in terms of our minds/hearts/thoughts. The first group is passages that set the pattern I think I see: Romans 6.8-11 But if we have died with Christ, we believe … Continue reading Studying Paul and the Mind, Step 4
