This homily by N. T. Wright delivered to the students at Wheaton College should resonate quite well with us from a Stoned-Campbell background. We need to be reminded that unity is hardly a marginal thought in the New Testame...
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Last night (Oct 27, 2010) I received an inquiry about a discussion that took place ages ago on the Old Gospel Advocate Message Board (in 2001!!). The Crux of the Matter (Childers, Foster & Reese) had recently been published and the Spiritual Sword had dedicated an issue to it. Several on the message board had been tagged to interact with various articles. As I recall Chuck Dorsey was the ramrod of the affair. I ended up interacting with articles...
Saturday, October 23, 2010
The Jesus PatternAs we read through the Gospels a striking "pattern" dances gently across the pages of the life of Jesus. The most unsavory people are attracted to him wherever he went. We see a Samaritan lady, a mercenary hoodlum of Herod, a hostess to seven demons, a few tax collectors, and a woman caught in the very act of sexual misconduct. It is quite shocking actually! In stark contrast Jesus received a very cold shoulder from the the religious...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Here is a short study I shared with local preachers here in Tucson by request. May it bless you ...Tucson Preacher’s MeetingSeptember 8, 2009The Worship of God:Insight from the ApocryphaWhen the subject of worship comes up I see basically two extremes that form. 1) There are those who out of fear of "Pattern Theology" reject any notion of "corporate" worship and something called an "act" of worship. This view is also rooted in a sharp (ironically...
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Greetings! I have been a busy beaver lately and have not updated my blog as I like or planned. I just returned from a visit to Alabama for legal reasons. That trip did not end up going as expected but God is still in control. While there I still had to prepare for lessons at PaLO VErde here in Tucson. Being near a small theological library (at Heritage Christian University) afforded me the opportunity to dig into a few journals that I do not normally get too. Sooooo I followed the Pauline injunction to "redeem the time." I thought I might...
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