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How NOT to Understand the Bible
In my last post I wrote about the common sense principles for interpreting Scripture. At this point, I thought I’d focus on poor ways to understand God’s words. These are approaches to Scriptures that really exist, and are used by some—but not … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged Bible, church, faithfulness, false doctrine, false teaching, Gospel, interpretation, judgment, leadership, obedience, pattern, religion, salvation, theology, truth, understanding, unity, wisdom, wisdom of men
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How to Understand the Bible…
The Bible is the information source for the Christian faith. As the word of God it reveals God’s eternal truth to us about spiritual reality. It is the basis on which Christian unity can be found, but when some religious … Continue reading
Fathers, Regrets, and Preventions, Part 1
King David was good at a lot of things. He was courageous warrior; he was a man after God’s own heart; he was the sweet psalmist of Israel; and he was a loyal friend. But although he fathered many children, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Parenting
Tagged Absalom, children, courage, David, depression, discipline, example, false teaching, fatherhood, inaction, justice, modeling, murder, obedience, parenting, rebellion, regrets, repentance, sample, wisdom
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Following Jesus to unexpected places—Samaritans
“How did a pit stop for lunch in Sychar turn into an evangelistic harvest of despised Samaritans?” Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged conversations, courage, discipleship, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, fear, Following, good news, Gospel, Jesus, obedience, religion, Samaria, Samaritans, Sychar, truth, woman at the well
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Following Jesus into Places We Might Not Expect, Back to the Scriptures
We still sing “Anywhere With Jesus” in our hymnal and I’m thankful that we do. It’s a wonderful reminder of what discipleship has always supposed to have been about— following. It’s easy to forget these days, you know. In a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Bible, Christ, commands, commentaries, discipleship, faithfulness, false teaching, Gospel, grace, hope, judgment, leadership, obedience, pattern, promises, religion, salvation, Scriptures, theology, traditions, truth
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The Reason for the Season
Well, Christmas is just about upon us. In many respects it is a wonderful, special time of year; but in other respects it is a source of controversy and cynicism. Which is it really? Let’s take a thoughtful look at … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, Christmas, family time, gift giving, God made flesh, holy days, Jesus, reason for the season
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About Prophetesses
In a post a short while ago I spoke about women’s roles in the church. It generated some good questions, one of them was about the prophetesses of 1 Corinthians 11. The answer to this question deserves something more than a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged authority, church, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, gender, justice, leaders, leadership, obedience, pattern, Paul, prayer, preaching, prophecy, purpose, religion, roles, sacrifice, sin, submission, teaching, wisdom, worship
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Getting “20/20 Foresight”
I’ve been listening to a class from Yale on the history of western civilization. It’s been interesting on a number of history-geek levels, but one thing that really has struck me has been how certain pivotal events in history didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged Christ, church, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, hope, judgment, meaning of life, obedience, pattern, religion, repentance, salvation, sin, suffering, wisdom
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Israel and Peaceful Coexistence
Peaceful coexistence was doubtlessly an enticing concept to the Israelites. Since shortly after leaving Egypt they had been at war. They had fought their way through the wilderness and then, after crossing the Jordan, they had fought a war of complete … Continue reading →