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Bible
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Bible
Hearing (and Reading) All of Scripture
In an interview with Leadership Journal, author Phyllis Tickle explains why we need to hear the Scriptures. While I don’t agree with all of Tickle’s theological positions, what she says on this issue makes a lot of sense.
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Theology, Bible
N.T. Wright Interview
Given the recent dust-up over justification, worth hearing what the man himself says. See the full interview transcript here.
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Theology, Bible, The Church
That’s love, all right—both barrels
“I doubt if there is a more pressing and urgent issue for the church today than determining ‘what are the distinguishing qualifications of those that are in favor with God, and entitled to his eternal rewards.’ Or to put it in other words, what is the nature of true spirituality and those features in the human soul that are acceptable in the sight of God?” (Sam Storms, Signs of the Spirit)
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Jesus, Bible, Books
The Tolkien I Always Wanted
I’m an admitted, even gleeful, Tolkien geek. I read LOTR once a year or so, and sometimes more often than that. I actually enjoy all that description that seems to scare so many would-be readers away. And hearing about some new Tolkien ephemera always makes me excited.
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Jesus, Bible
Meeting Jesus on Good Friday
Too few Protestants experience Good Friday for what it is. The blend of mourning and magnification of Jesus Christ, the “man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief,” doesn’t fit with the modern Western church’s passion for its own comfort. I sense that dark love in myself, and for myself. How different is my casual happiness […]
