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Thus far: 1.  The Memory Verse Approach 2.  Adventures in Interpretation 3.  Adventures in Jewelry 4. Beginnings of Context ________________...

Thus far: 1.  The Memory Verse Approach 2.  Adventures in Interpretation 3. Adventures in Jewelry ___________________ 8. I have been sharing...

The series continues. 1. The Memory Verse Approach 2. Adventures in Interpretation ___________________ 1. As holiness folk go, my parents re...

Just to put a pulse through it, I am now beyond Kris Song's chapter on "Paul and the Spirit" in Gupta, Heim, and McKnight'...

Preaching today at Trinity Wesleyan in Tipton. Title: Sailing with the Wind Text: John 3:1-8 Introduction My background with boats -- not ...

Post, the second. Here, the first .  2 Adventures in Interpretation When I was in my late twenties and early thirties, I wondered if I would...

1. It was a cold week, with several days hovering around minus temperatures. I don't know if it's accurate, but I read somewhere tha...

1 The Memory Verse Approach to the Bible 1. I grew up with what you might call a "pre-modern" view of the Bible. A better way to d...

In my previous post, I suggested that you take a little time to make some predictions about the next few years. The idea was that, rather th...

If you've read much of anything I've said, you'll know that I think humans are mostly irrational creatures. Our minds are finite...

The New Year is always a time of optimism and hope. Even though winter has barely begun, January 1 always feels like it is looking forward t...

I continue to read through Gupta, Heim, and McKnight's The State of Pauline Studies . Here are my previous posts: Paul and the Messiah P...

The days roll by without relenting. I have known for as long as I can remember that you need to enjoy the present, savor your family, be hap...

The second chapter of Gupta, Heim, and McKnight's The State of Pauline Studies  is "Paul and Judaism," by Kent Yinger. Yinger ...