Category: theology
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Time Magazine wonders whether God should be blamed for the subprime mess. Adds J. Lee Grady, editor of the magazine Charisma: “It definitely goes on, that a preacher might say, ‘If you give this offering, God will give you a house.’ And if they did get the house, people did think that it was an…
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urban exile: suburban vs. urban church politics
My monthly column for Leadership Journal went up this morning. As on any other Tuesday, my wife and I hosted our weekly small group on Election Day of 2004. A quick scan of the TV stations after the Bible study showed that we’d have to wait until the next day to learn the results. “Just…
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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…
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the jesus way (1)
Won and I met for burritos last week as we talked through the first four chapters of Eugene Peterson’s The Jesus Way. Those of you who have read Peterson know that it’s a good idea to read him slowly. Slowly because he wades into some deep waters. In The Jesus Way Peterson sets out to…
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then the whisper put on flesh
First, a question raised by Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: How well can we read the Bible when we’re limited to our own cultural and historical context? It’s a bit embarassing to see that it’s been over two months since I posted some initial thoughts about Brian K Blount’s Then the Whisper Put on…
David W. Swanson 