Here’s a great bit from William Willimon, preacher extraordinaire. Read and follow the link at the end for more! Sometimes in leaning over to speak to the modern world, I fear that we may have fallen in! When, in our sermons, we sought to use our sermons to build a bridge from the old world … Read more →
I’ll keep this one pretty short. I’m taking Church History this term, and I’m currently reading through Eusebius‘ Ecclesiastical History. This is the major source for post-biblical Church history, and it contains many fascinating accounts of miraculous intervention in the early church. As I read, I realized that I wasn’t believing (hardly) a word of … Read more →
We Christians have a largely dysfunctional relationship with the Bible. We make it into a God or we ignore it, and we’re constantly twisting it to say what we’ve already decided is right. And I am most definitely guilty of all of these. I think that we grossly underestimate how powerful this book is if … Read more →
For anyone interested, here’s the first post in this series, which has links to all of the rest of my Wright reflections. There are many jumping-off points of interest in this short little book. The thoughts on reason being submitted to the authority of scripture that I mentioned in my last post have been especially … Read more →
This book disappointed me, especially in this: I had hoped that it would magically solve all of my problems with understanding the Bible’s authority in a short 139 pages. I am deeply offended that it did not accomplish this aim! That said, Wright does offer an interesting insight on how to deal with the Scriptures … Read more →
One of the major divides in the church today is those who interpret the Scriptures literally, and gay-loving liberals who are going to burn in hell. At least, that’s what the “literal” camp would have you believe. The “literal” interpretation of Scripture is traced back to the Reformation, which any good Protestant venerates as the … Read more →