Henry Neufeld comments on his need for both spiritual and social worship:
The idea of being spiritual without a social aspect bothers me. The more I study, the more I see the command to love God and to love one’s neighbor as almost identical. This week’s lectionary text, Matthew 25:31-46 (The Sheep and the Goats), brings [...]
One of the most interesting new acquisitions for my bookshelf has been a copy of the New English Bible (NEB) Old Testament Library Edition (OTLE) to go along with my NT Library Edition and Apocrypha Library Edition. Yes, I have other copies of the NEB, but the Library Editions are something different. They expand on [...]
1 Samuel 15.29 (REB):
God who is the Splendour of Israel does not deceive, nor does he change his mind, as a mortal might do.
My initial reaction is that open theism does not presuppose that God’s mind was determined in the first place, therefore the openness of his reaction or response to a situation is not [...]
While I’m usually out the door to work before the kids have breakfast, we do have the chance to have dinner together as a family. Part of that time is the dinner prayer. Rather than some great expository proclamation, mealtime prayers tend to be fairly routine, especially when you’re teaching young kids to pray.
Ours tends [...]
1 Samuel 12.20-22 (REB):
Do not be afraid; although you have been so wicked, do not give up the worship of the Lord, but serve him with all your heart. Do not turn to the worship of sham gods which can neither help nor save, because they are a sham. For his great name’s sake the [...]
Evidently Jim West has challenged bibliobloggers to take a screenshot of their desktop, post it on their blog, and drop him a note so that he can take a look. I have to HT Bryan Lilly on this one…
Without further ado, I present two desktops:
I tend to have artwork that I like on my [...]
Be sure to check out Greg Willson’s blog for a pair of excellent posts on using jazz to understand Christianity and the freedom of our lives within and outside creedal boundaries:
Creeds and Freedom or The Jazz Rhythm Section and the Soloist
When We Play Wrong Notes
Looking at various blogs’ sidebars recently, I was reminded of the Blog Readability Test that many of us took a year ago. Back then, I’d initially scored as a “Genius”, then later as “High School”…
Well, I’m pleased to say that He is Sufficient now scores on a Junior High School (that’s grades 6-8, ~12-14 [...]
Our pastor made an interesting proposition yesterday, one that I’ve been leaning toward for a while now, but was still rather intrigued to hear it voiced from the pulpit. As Christians in the Protestant tradition, we accept that salvation by faith alone is a fundamental tenet and set aside any notion that our works have [...]
James tagged me with the “123″ book meme. He says that I am “supposed to pick up the nearest book, turn to page 123, find the fifth sentence, and post the three sentences after that.”
Ironically, the closest book is in a stack that I haven’t given any attention to since I put them down by [...]
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