Common Denominator

A quick entry before grading... I had a pretty good week. I was in Philadelphia for the annual Society of Biblical Literature convention. ...

If you want to take a peek at one of my projects for Thanksgiving break, check out www.kenschenck.com ...

I was pretty happy with the following opening confessional that we're using today in the Cathedral Service. Preparation for Worship Open...

I thought I would finally make a quick comment on Bush's recent drop in polls. First of all, I'm afraid I don't think much of th...

These are some of the thickest and most difficult verses to interpret in the New Testament! Paul has ended Romans 3:20 with an allusion to P...

I wanted to translate this psalm from the Septuagint in conjunction with the interpretation of Romans and Galatians. I've highlighted li...

I am planning to read something of classic literature Wednesdays at lunch in the IWU cafeteria. Anyone who can join me is welcome. My goal...

3:1-20 The first twenty verses of Romans 3 end the preceding section. In Romans 2 Paul has argued that circumcision does not benefit a perso...

I'm at home in a situation not conducive to work, so I thought I would float some thoughts that don't require my brain to work too h...

In my wishful summary of the Wesleyan Church, one of the characteristics I mentioned was "catholic in spirit, but all discussions begin...

I did a little analysis on Romans 1:18-32 in conjunction with my exploration of homosexuality and the Bible, so I will skip it here and move...

You can't really boil a church like mine, the Wesleyan Church, into a simple list of characteristics. There's far too much variety. ...

It is my sense that either Tobit or 1 Esdras was the first book of the Apocrypha to be written (1 Esdras is actually not considered Scriptur...

My intention is for this entry to serve as a running list of psalm references that may seem relevant or come close to being relevant to the ...

Psalm 6:4-5: Hebrew (5-6): "Turn, LORD; deliver my life [ nephesh ]. Help me because of your faithfulness [ chesed ]. For in death th...

I'll try to post a more interesting entry by Monday, but you may find me doing some sketches on the afterlife here for a little while. ...

More on Romans: To me these are the key verses of Romans that are particularized at least in the first 11 chapters. "For I am not asham...

I had one of those "aha" moments while reading a response from my Asbury Romans class. I know that at some point during my educat...

Sunday night the 16th I'm supposed to give a brief summary of the Wesleyan view of communion. My first thought was, "What is the W...

I'm writing a few short snippets on Romans for an Asbury online class and thought I would share some of them with you. The following ar...