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What Christians Believe in 15 Seconds
You are talking with your co-worker from the next cubicle over coffee. She knows you are active in a church. She is in a season of searching. “What is Christianity actually all about?” she asks. “I...
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A Leap into the Light
What is faith, really? Some will tell you it is a leap into the dark — jumping into the unknown, off a proverbial cliff, and hoping that Someone will catch you. For Jesus that wasn’t faith; that was...
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I’m dead! Now what do I do?
My favorite scene in Les Miserables is also the most important scene: the interaction between Jean Valjean and Bishop Bienvenu. It is the scene where Victor Hugo sets in motion the driving issue of his...
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Putting The Pieces Together About Prayer
Some Christians can make prayer seem like bit of a puzzle. Not that they portray prayer as confusing — far from it. They make it more like a jigsaw puzzle: once you get each piece in the right place...
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Who You Talkin’ To?
“Why did Christ command us to call God ‘Father’?” That’s question 120 of the Heidelberg Catechism, the first in a series of ten on the phrases of the Lord’s Prayer. They asked the question 450 years...
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And Where Does JESUS Want Your Community to Go?
From the response to Monday’s post one thing is clear: I’m not the only one who cares about community and mission. It seems like a bit of a flash point, actually, whether people see community life...
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What Was That Name Again?
If there is one word in Scripture that I wish English translations could do a better job for it would be in the very first petition of the Lord’s Prayer. “Hallowed be your name.” Nobody says “hallowed”...
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Thy Representative Democracy Come?
When Jesus teaches us to pray for the future, his picture can sound a bit authoritarian: “Your kingdom come!” we are to pray. No matter how strongly we believe in enlightened, tolerant, participative...
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My First Year in Blogging: Top Posts of 2013
I’ve now been blogging for a year! I’m very grateful to you, dear readers, for your interest. The numbers stun me: Well over 10,000 page views Visitors from 72 countries Most from the USA of course but...
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The Holy Name of Jesus (via Heidelberg Catechism Q. 29)
It is January 1, the eighth day of Christmas. I suppose what comes to mind most quickly is the strange gift of “eight maids a milking.” (How on earth were they wrapped?) In the Anglican communion, and...
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So What’s Up With the New Tag Line?
Since my first foray into the blogosphere my tag line was “trying to catch the view from some big shoulders.” Now it says “Christianity as a second language.” What’s up with that? My core mission is...
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Vocabulary Lesson: “Trinity,”“Council”
A couple of weeks ago when I wrote about Gregory of Nazianzus I noted that his approach to the Trinity was radically different from most of what is said on the topic today. “I could say more — just ask...
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Please help me brainstorm a book title!
I’m in the early stages of writing a new little book, and I’d love your help in brainstorming a title. My aim is to help readers build a positive working relationship with the Bible — a key element of...
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Finding a Life-Giving Approach to the Bible (part 6): Contemplate Upon It
Contemplation is when the mind is in some sort lifted up to God and held above itself, so that it tastes the joys of everlasting sweetness.” That is Guigo II (d. 1188) talking about the fourth and...
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Who You Talkin’ To?
“Why did Christ command us to call God ‘Father’?” That’s question 120 of the Heidelberg Catechism, the first in a series of ten on the phrases of the Lord’s Prayer. They asked the question 450 years...
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And Where Does JESUS Want Your Community to Go?
Celtic knot stone Kendal by DaleBleasdale’s photostream, used under Creative Commons license From the response to Monday’s post one thing is clear: I’m not the only one who cares about community and...
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What Was That Name Again?
Harold’s by CHRISTOPHER MACSURAK, used under Creative Commons Licence If there is one word in Scripture that I wish English translations could do a better job for it would be in the very first petition...
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Thy Representative Democracy Come?
Christian v Crown by Claus15 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsWhen Jesus teaches us to pray for the future, his picture can sound a bit authoritarian: “Your kingdom come!” we are to...
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My First Year in Blogging: Top Posts of 2013
2012 sparklers, used under cc 3.0 license I’ve now been blogging for a year! I’m very grateful to you, dear readers, for your interest. The numbers stun me: Well over 10,000 page views Visitors from 72...
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The Holy Name of Jesus (via Heidelberg Catechism Q. 29)
Juan de las Roelas [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsIt is January 1, the eighth day of Christmas. I suppose what comes to mind most quickly is the strange gift of “eight maids a milking.” (How on...
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