Category: Scripture
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Weekend Reading
An eclectic collection of articles for your weekend reading enjoyment. Religion Today has re-posted an article that originally was published in The Christian Century in 2004. “Learning to Read the Bible Again” is an introduction to nine theses on how the Bible can be interpreted faithfully. There is much to be appreciated in the depth…
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The Paraclete Psalter
Over the past few years, many of us from low-church traditions have been introduced to practices from our liturgical cousins. For example, we’ve become more aware of the church calendar and have incorporated fixed-hour prayer into our devotional practices. The challenge for those of us who are newer to these practices is knowing how to…
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what is circumcision today?
On Sunday I preach from Acts 15:1-35. One commentator calls this text the “watershed” passage for the entire book of Acts. The implications of the events and decisions in this text for the early church were absolutely massive. One of the critical questions asked in this text was whether Gentile Christians had to be circumcised…
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which is most important: the bible or jesus?
I’m one chapter shy of finishing the latest book by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch, ReJesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church, for an upcoming Leadership Journal review. These two Aussies are some of the most prolific writers and thinkers these days about all things missional. (See, for example, Hirsch’s recent article in LJ,…
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the jesus way (2)
You may wish to read part one of this review. Eugene Peterson divides The Jesus Way into two sections: The Jesus Way and Other Ways. It’s notable that in the first part, aside from the first chapter about Jesus, each chapter looks at an Old Testament figure. In a book that is “a conversation on…
David W. Swanson 