Bible
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The Sin of Certainty
After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of…
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Reflections on Advent
This morning as I read Matthew 1, I’m struck by how differently God’s kingdom works than most human kingdoms do. I got no farther than the genealogy in the first few verses before…
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Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
Rereading Total Truth for the first time in about 10 years has been both a rich and a worrisome journey. Revisiting my review from 2008, I see that it didn’t do this astonishingly…
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Epic
I’ve had a great experience reading this little book by John Eldredge aloud to my two daughters. Epic: The Story God is Telling and the Role that is Yours to Play takes up…
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The Bible Tells Me… What?
So here I am, again, writing about The Bible Tells Me So — which I already reviewed here. I’ve continued mulling over the book, bothered by various things. I wanted to return and…
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On debating God
More than once in The Bible Tells Me So, Peter Enns affirms the tradition of debate in Judaism. I wanted to offer an extended quotation toward the end of the book that captures…
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Reflections on the Bible
Peter Enns’ Evolution of Adam was one of my favorite reads of 2013. So I didn’t think twice about tackling his newer book The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made…
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23rd Psalm, Godric-style
Elric had studied with the monks. He knew the gospels back and forth. He had the Psalms by heart… He sang in Latin, but, for me, he put them into speech I understood.…
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Violence in the Bible: Some Useful Sources
I think I’m done writing out my questions and thoughts-in-process on this subject for awhile. (I’m actually taking a reading detour into an Elizabeth Goudge novel right now and leaving this pot to…
