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Our Faith Can Hold
The end of 2 Peter 1 is a powerful reminder of the faith delivered to us. The witness of those who carefully witnessed the glory of Christ, and those who came before who heard from God, stand in history as something to which we can anchor our faith. It is a powerful passage to reflect on! 16 We didn’t repeat crafty…
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James 2:1 in the CEB and the NRSV
I looked at James 2:1 in the Common English Bible and found it to be interesting because the phrase “deny the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ” was not in the NIV or ESV. Is the connotation there? If we are showing favoritism, are we denying the faithfulness of Christ? My brothers and sisters, when you show favoritism you deny the…
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Comparison of CEB on James 2:1
Here is James 2:1 in the CEB: 1 My brothers and sisters, when you show favoritism you deny the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has been resurrected in glory. The NIV: 1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. The ESV: 1 My brothers,[a] show no partiality as you hold the faith in our…
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Roe v. Wade
To my shame I did not mention the passing of the date that commemorates Roe vs. Wade. In fact, we rarely mention it at all anymore. This article from ten years ago highlights we may have been bored of this for quite some time. Getting past the issue of “unwanted pregnancies,” or “endangering the life of the mother,” when I think…
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Repetition is Necessary
In a “been there, done that” world, one of the great habits of the Christian life (and the Church world) is to go back over something. We’re not very good at it, but the habit is built in. In the tradition of the Church world going back centuries there is the repetition of the Lectionary readings. The gospels are visited…
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The Walk of Maturity
It is so hard to grasp that all truly is ours in Christ. It is learning to realize WE may be lacking, but in Christ we need not lack a thing. We can ASK. (Again I think of Dallas Willard: “The nature of the Kingdom is to ask.”) 2 Peter 1:3-11 is a marvelous passage to dwell on for our…
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Good News is I Don’t Have to be Shot… Yet
This article I posted yesterday started out with bad news. At my age, I’m just done. I have an obligation to fade into the sunset. So, I had some fun with that, even knowing the article had good news in the main piece. Here is the good news for us “geezers.” A recent study he wrote with Igor Grossmannon aging…
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Oh Just Shoot Me Now!
I have discovered why my denomination has such a fixation on ministers under the age of 40 right now. This article’s opening paragraphs reveal all: IN 1905, at age 55, Sir William Osler, the most influential physician of his era, decided to retire from the medical faculty of Johns Hopkins. In a farewell speech, Osler talked about the link between age and…
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Musician You Need to Know
If you don’t know the music of Jason Gray, I invite you to get to know this guy. His music is amazing.
