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The Poor Will Always Be With You…Meaning What?
“The poor you will always have with you…” So said Jesus according to the accounts of three of the four Gospel writers (Matt. 26:11, Mark 14:7, and John 12:8). He said it in the context of someone...
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Jubilee is an Advent prophecy!
(The following is a lesson I taught for our Advent series at my church Dec. 18th) When Jesus announced the beginning of his ministry, the first prophetic reference he made was to the book of Isaiah:...
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The King Jesus Gospel – Book Review
Scot McKnight’s latest book The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited, is a worthwhile read and I commend it to all who believe that the message of Jesus is, can be, or ought to be...
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Tom Wright on the Creeds
Tom (N.T.) Wright recently gave a lecture at Calvin College that I appreciated very much. In it, he drew attention to an important issue I’ve written about here before: the over-simplification of...
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Heaven is not a Destination but a Way of Life
The concept and ideas around heaven is one of things that has been hijacked and subverted from its original understanding. I once heard N.T Wright eloquently say it like this: “heaven is great but its...
View ArticleCovenant, Cross, Justification, and Christus Victor
I was asked a question, through email, recently about N.T Wright’s view of Justification. Since I wrote a long answer, I figured I would post it as well on our blog. N.T Wright has a great book that I...
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“Thus it is, therefore thus it should be.” Ruminating on a theological fallacy
For a while now I’ve been reading (and will soon review) the book Chosen Nation by Braden P. (Brad) Anderson. There are a variety of topics in the book that I’m going to want to engage, but one in...
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Book Review –“Chosen Nation” by Braden P. Anderson
For years, the abuse of Scriptural passages to justify the aggressive exploits of nations has driven me nuts. Whether it’s the the account of the conquest of Canaan, used by European colonists to take...
View ArticleAnd he Just Smiled
Step 1: Watch the video. Step 2. Read the text below the video. And on the third day He rose from the dead, and He…just…smiled. Christus Victor indeed!
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Book Review — Red Letter Revolution by Shane Claiborne & Tony Campolo
When I first heard that Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne were doing a book on Red Letter Christianity, I was pretty excited. I have a great deal of respect for both men, and while I don’t always...
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The Lamb That Was Slain – A Passover/Easter Reflection
This Holy Saturday, between Good Friday and Easter, I was reflecting on the idea of Jesus as the slain Passover lamb. The association is certainly Biblical, not only in the obvious context of Jesus’...
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Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Terrorism
Oklahoma City, New York City, Riyadh, Aden, Sandy Hook, Boston. Timothy McVeigh, Khalid Sheik Mohammad, Osama Bin Laden, Adam Lanza, the Tzarnaev brothers. While parts of the world have experienced...
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From Cana to Emmaus — Known in the Bread
The Supper at Emmaus by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez. Original painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 14.40.631. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/14.40.631...
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Tom Wright on the Creeds
Tom (N.T.) Wright recently gave a lecture at Calvin College that I appreciated very much. In it, he drew attention to an important issue I’ve written about here before: the over-simplification of...
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Heaven is not a Destination but a Way of Life
The concept and ideas around heaven is one of things that has been hijacked and subverted from its original understanding. I once heard N.T Wright eloquently say it like this: “heaven is great but its...
View ArticleCovenant, Cross, Justification, and Christus Victor
I was asked a question, through email, recently about N.T Wright’s view of Justification. Since I wrote a long answer, I figured I would post it as well on our blog. N.T Wright has a great book that I...
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“Thus it is, therefore thus it should be.” Ruminating on a theological fallacy
For a while now I’ve been reading (and will soon review) the book Chosen Nation by Braden P. (Brad) Anderson. There are a variety of topics in the book that I’m going to want to engage, but one in...
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Book Review –“Chosen Nation” by Braden P. Anderson
For years, the abuse of Scriptural passages to justify the aggressive exploits of nations has driven me nuts. Whether it’s the the account of the conquest of Canaan, used by European colonists to take...
View ArticleAnd he Just Smiled
Step 1: Watch the video. Step 2. Read the text below the video. And on the third day He rose from the dead, and He…just…smiled. Christus Victor indeed! The post And he Just Smiled appeared first on...
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Book Review — Red Letter Revolution by Shane Claiborne & Tony Campolo
When I first heard that Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne were doing a book on Red Letter Christianity, I was pretty excited. I have a great deal of respect for both men, and while I don’t always...
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