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Category Archives: Theology
I Believe: The Gospel
What is the Gospel? For too long, the Gospel has been reduced to a series of propositional doctrinal statements one must intellectually assent to in order to experience personal forgiveness of sin and receive the promise of going to some … Continue reading
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I Believe: Imago Dei
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 We begin not with ourselves but with God. This is the initial assertion of Scripture: “In … Continue reading
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Justice and Righteousness
In Deuteronomy 16, corporate Israel receives a charge from Yahweh to be devoted to justice: “You (Israel) shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they … Continue reading
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Jon Lester
After watching last night’s Yankees-Mets game and Carlos Delgado’s homer that wasn’t ruled a homer, I thought about writing a blog today about Biblical hermeneutics and the interpretive art of umpiring. But such a post would require more brain power … Continue reading
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Justice and Righteousness
In Deuteronomy 16, corporate Israel receives a charge from Yahweh to be devoted to justice: “You (Israel) shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they … Continue reading
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Chosen
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It … Continue reading
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Moses & Idolatry
I read this from Dennis Olson’s Deuteronomy and the Death of Moses and wanted to share it with you. The death of Moses and the crossing over of the new generation into Canaan then leads to the lesson: “So be … Continue reading
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Boogers and Jesus
Our kids have been fighting a cold bug for the past couple of days. So this morning, I noticed that Joshua had some pretty serious snottage going on. I told him to bring me a Kleenex so I could help … Continue reading
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The Subject of Every Verb
Terrence Fretheim, in his book The Pentateuch, makes some interesting observations regarding the rhetorical features of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. In addition to the portrait of God as Creator, Law-Giver, Judge, and Savior, an entirely relational … Continue reading
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Three Year Olds and Theology
In the van tonight on the way home, I was doing our regular Bible questions with the kids. You know, I ask them a Bible question like “Who built the ark?” and they give the answer. (For the whole performance, … Continue reading
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