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Playing Fast and Loose With Scripture: The New Testament Writers
People often either love or hate the Bible. Those who love it sometimes love it...
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Reading the Bible, Looking for Love and Justice
Recently I’ve been exploring the question: When we read the Bible, what are we looking...
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Reading the Bible, Avoiding Authoritarianism
Looking to the Bible for guidance, as I wrote about last week, is a little...
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What Does It Mean to Read the Bible for Guidance?
These days, to me, the Bible is both holy and confusing. It’s inspired, and it’s...
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How Do I Make Religious New Year’s Resolutions?
As 2022 comes to a close, many people start thinking about New Year’s resolutions for...
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The Bible is Inspired…and Complex
I was in a church class, and we were discussing a controversial issue. Part of...
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What Does It Mean to Take the Bible Seriously?
“The Bible is our middle name,” I told the group of college students seated around...
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A Crisis of Authority (or, Life in the Mud)
Crises of authority can come in many different forms. But most people who seriously reexamine...
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When Clarity of Belief Is Important
This is a companion post to last week’s reflections on faith as more of a...
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Faith Is a Practice, Not a Belief Statement
I often find religious organizations' statements of belief alienating. How does a living, breathing, growing...
November 18, 2022
What Are Theological Discussions Really About? (or, Why I Didn’t Have Friends in Seminary)
When I say I didn’t have friends in seminary, I’m exaggerating. I met many wonderful...
November 16, 2022
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Forming and Re-forming: Words of Welcome, Words of Hope
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