“The fact is that the cross isn’t a form of cosmic child abuse – a vengeful Father, punishing his Son for an offence he has not even committed. Understandably, both people inside and outside of the Church have found this twisted version of events morally dubious and a huge barrier to faith. Deeper than that,Continue reading “Interesting Quote I found today…”
Category Archives: Biblical
Look Right…
My devotion for this morning was on Romans 4:13-25. Here Paul is writing to the church(es) in Roman. He is writing to Christians that comes from a Jewish background and a Greek background. They have entered into this religion from many various places and so their history (as all of our history) plays upon their understanding of their religion,Continue reading “Look Right…”
Come and See
“Come and see,” Jesus said to the disciples of John who came after him. Come and see. A physical invitation and yet so much more. How many of us get caught up in the physical aspect of the actual written word, so much that we miss the meaning behind it? I read a great devotionContinue reading “Come and See”
Lent – Time for Some Cleaning!
For some winter is still a reality. It is cold and damp and snowy maybe, so to think about Spring cleaning is not for now. I mean we still have 2 weeks until Spring, and then it may not be worm enough to do cleaning. But today is Ash Wednesday. To day is the beginningContinue reading “Lent – Time for Some Cleaning!”
Identity Theft – Sermon from Baptism of our Lord.
Here is the Sermon I preached on January 9, 2011. It is entitled Identity Theft. I find it interesting that a couple days after this my wife and I received letters from our insurance company that someone had been let go because they had gotten into claim files with our names and important numbers without cause. They companyContinue reading “Identity Theft – Sermon from Baptism of our Lord.”
Sin or Brokenness…
WorkingPreacher.org. Which word do we use, sin or brokenness? Or is there another word that makes sense here? Should we say that only sin will do, when there is brokenness, blindness, separation, sickness… and many other ways to talk about our human fralitlies… I’d be interested to read your thoughts…
Pictures from Dead Sea Scrolls presentation at the Accordance Users Conference #AccUsersConf
The presentation was very interesting. The top picture shows the age of the scrolls we have for Biblical texts and at this point most if not all of the translations of the Hebrew Scriptures we have are based upon the Masoretic texts and the Dead Sea Scrolls are dated 1000 before the Masoretic texts… ThisContinue reading “Pictures from Dead Sea Scrolls presentation at the Accordance Users Conference #AccUsersConf”
Great Blog from Don Miller
http://donmilleris.com/2010/08/26/why-the-bible-is-a-terrible-book-for-americans/ Here is a post by Don Miller entitled “Why the Bible is a Terrible Book for Americans” It is a great look at a book that can give us the answers to life, or confuss us depending upon our state and questions we are asking. What is it we are looking for? What doContinue reading “Great Blog from Don Miller”
YouTube – Why do we say we believe in “the holy catholic church” if were not Catholic?
YouTube – Why do we say we believe in “the holy catholic church” if were not Catholic?.
YouTube – Who wrote the Bible: God or humans?
YouTube – Who wrote the Bible: God or humans?.
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