I scanned an interview that N.T. Wright recently had with Bible Study Magazine which is published by Faithlife, formerly known as Logos. Since the magazine was mailed to me for free by Logos (I don’t have a subscription) I think I’m OK with scanning this article for others to read. Besides, if it impacts you the way it did me, you’ll end up buying his book, which is very likely why he gave the interview. There’s some great information in this interview. What impacted me most was his clear explanation of the destiny of believers, which unlike many of us […]
Political and Theological Thoughts
I originally wrote this post in 2016 during the presidential campaign, but i never posted it. I’ve tweaked it just a bit, and finally built up enough courage to post it now that we are again looking at another election. In this crazy time of Christians vocally endorsing and advocating politicians as the only hope for our country or vilifying other politicians as the destroyers of our country, i’d like for us all to take a large step back for a more theological and Jesus based perspective on politics. This blog post will not mention a single candidate in any […]
This Sunday is the one when many churches in America conflate Patriotism and Christianity
I want to be very clear that i am patriotic and i am also a Christian. Let me explain what those two things are. Patriotism I believe that our nation as designed by the founding fathers with: separation of powers into three equal branches, a form of republican representation on both the state and federal levels, a structure enabling both individual state’s rights and also an overarching federal union of those states, and with rights for individual citizens as enumerated in our Bill of Rights (and for me, the most important of those rights: separation of church and state along […]
Epistles of John – Week 40 – 1 John 5:13-21
This week we conclude our 40 week study of The Epistles of John by looking at 1 John 5:13-21. This post contains everything from week 40 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the three Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) which has run weekly from January 2016 through May 2017. Links to all the previous lessons are at the bottom of this post. You can view the presentation here. You can listen to the audio of the lesson here: You can download the […]
Epistles of John – Week 39 – 1 John 5:6-12
In this week’s lesson we look at what The Water and The Blood are in 1 John 5:6-12. This post contains everything from week 39 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the three Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) which has run weekly from January 2016 and now is continuing into 2017. We will finish by the end of May 2017. Below is the first part of the Presentation. Below is the second part of the Presentation. The audio of the lesson is here: […]