Monthly Archives: August 2018

BLOG 8/3I/18. “… AS GOD’S PICKED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEW HUMANITY”

BLOG 8/31/18. “… AS GOD’S PICKED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEW HUMANITY” You know, guys, it really does matter what our professed life in relationship to Christ looks like to those outside. An earlier paraphrase says it well: “As, therefore, God’s … Continue reading

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BLOG 8/28/18. CAN BEING CANTANKEROUS BE A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE?

BLOG 8/28/18. CAN BEING CANTANKEROUS BE A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE? I’ve just finished reading two books, both of which triggered such an outrageous question. One was a scholarly study of the ethical challenges that have confronted the humanitarian agency Doctors Without … Continue reading

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BLOG 8/24/18. GETTING HONEST ABOUT HUMAN SEXUALITY

BLOG 8/24/18. GETTING HONEST ABOUT HUMAN SEXUALITY There really is no place to escape from the reality of the subject of human sexuality in our experience, or to seek to duck it … because it is delicate, enormously complex, and … Continue reading

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BLOG 8/21/18. OUTRAGEOUS, COMPELLING AND TOTALLY PERSUASIVE

BLOG 8/21/18. OUTRAGEOUS, COMPELLING, AND TOTALLY PERSUASIVE I haven’t made it a practice to promote books on this Blog—after all “of the making of many books there is no end.” But Bob Ekblad has done it again. I mean, like, … Continue reading

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BLOG 8/17/18. “THE GENERATIONS RISE AND PASS AWAY”

BLOG 8/17/18. “THE GENERATIONS RISE AND PASS AWAY” There are times when the scriptures referring to the brevity of our earthly sojourn come very close to home. There is the text which says: “The years of our life are seventy, … Continue reading

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BLOG 8/14/18. CLARIFYING THE PASTORAL ROLE IN THE CHURCH

BLOG 8/14/18.  CLARIFYING THE PASTORAL ROLE IN THE CHURCH. I have often heard, all too often, the charge that the church, and especially the pastor, was indifferent to some crisis or difficulty in a person’s life. Often that accusation was … Continue reading

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BLOG 8/10/18. CHRIST’S FOLLOWERS NOT SOME OTHERWORLDLY BUNCH

BLOG 8/10/18. CHRIST’S FOLLOWERS NOT SOME OTHER-WORLDLY BUNCH We need to stop and remind ourselves regularly that our calling to be followers of Jesus Christ does not make us escapists from the often complex and grim realities of our present-day … Continue reading

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BLOG 8/7/18. “CHRISTIANS … ALIENS IN THE OWN NATIVE LANDS”

BLOG 8/7/18. “CHRISTIANS … ALIENS IN THEIR OWN NATIVE LANDS” Don’t we live in confusing times politically? what with so much deception, the dodging of responsibility, the ever-present power of wealth and greed, a seeming absence of any strong sense … Continue reading

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BLOG 8/3/18. THE PLATFORM OF JESUS’ NEW CREATION

BLOG 8/3/18. THE PLATFORM OF JESUS’ NEW CREATION A couple of generations ago, Martin Marty was the very prominent and distinguished and brilliant church historian on the faculty of the University of Chicago. He was also a columnist for a … Continue reading

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