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February 2023

February 24, 2023

What Kind of Authority Does Tradition Have?

I’ve been reflecting on how my views of faith and authority have changed over time....

January 2023

January 27, 2023

Aligning Our Biases With God’s

I realize that the “love and justice” part of reading the Bible with a bias...

January 20, 2023

Historical Abuses of Scripture Give Me Pause

If we—as Christians often do—ever think we have all the right answers about the Bible,...

January 11, 2023

Translating the New Testament Changed How I Read Scripture

A pastor I like and respect once said that he found it much more valuable...

January 06, 2023

Playing Fast and Loose With Scripture: Historical Theologians

In one of my preaching classes in seminary, we were asked to write and preach...

January 02, 2023

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...

December 2022

December 28, 2022

Reading the Bible, Looking for Love and Justice

Recently I’ve been exploring the question: When we read the Bible, what are we looking...

December 20, 2022

Reading the Bible, Avoiding Authoritarianism

Looking to the Bible for guidance, as I wrote about last week, is a little...

December 16, 2022

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...

December 09, 2022

The Bible is Inspired…and Complex

I was in a church class, and we were discussing a controversial issue. Part of...

December 07, 2022

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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