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2016-06-08T05:42:33-08:00

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The Stories We Tell

Last updated on: June 8, 2016 at 5:42 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

There are facts. And then there are the stories we tell about the facts. Perhaps the most important thing that illusive “postmodernity” has done for us is to help us see that our lives and decisions and emotions and responses are driven by our interpretations of the world as much as they are by the facts that those interpretations are trying to make sense of. The Failure of Smart Yesterday I heard about a study that had been conducted. Science... Read more

2016-06-04T11:29:28-08:00

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Called to Community

Last updated on: June 4, 2016 at 11:29 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

Called to Community questions our normal and summons us to a better way of following Jesus. Read more

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2016-06-02T06:19:23-08:00

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The Gift of Bad Candidates

Last updated on: June 2, 2016 at 6:19 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

The gift of an election cycle in which there are no political messiahs. Read more

2016-05-12T09:07:38-08:00

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Redefining Religious and Academic Freedom: Gordon College Edition

Last updated on: May 12, 2016 at 9:07 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

Gordon College accused of retaliating against LGBTQ-Supporting Professor Read more

2016-05-10T08:03:47-08:00

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Does God Have Gender?

Last updated on: May 10, 2016 at 8:03 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

No, God does not have sex. But gender? Read more

2016-04-29T08:37:37-08:00

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Being Right

Last updated on: April 29, 2016 at 8:37 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

For some people the only thing that matters is being right. People like me. Read more

2016-04-25T08:03:06-08:00

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Oedipus Text: Canon, Creed, and Post-Colonized Interpretation

Last updated on: April 25, 2016 at 8:03 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

In my previous post I issued a strong warning against allowing the church’s “rule of faith” be the determining factor in our interpretation of the New Testament. Such a move muffles the voice of the ancient text, and it muffles the voice of the modern interpreter. It extends its hands in both directions at once, colonizing the voices of God’s people by then hands of the ancient elite few. Somehow the words of Karl Barth are echoing in my mind: Well... Read more

2016-04-22T08:13:08-08:00

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Colonizing Biblical Interpretation

Last updated on: April 22, 2016 at 8:13 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

The rule of faith colonizes the Bible--silencing its own ancient voice as well as the voices of modern readers. Read more

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2016-04-19T06:28:06-08:00

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Who Can Forgive Sins?

Last updated on: April 19, 2016 at 6:28 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

"Who can forgive sins but God alone?" --Scribes "You mean besides John the Baptist?" --Mark Read more

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2016-04-15T06:13:35-08:00

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Purity and Participation

Last updated on: April 15, 2016 at 6:13 am By J. R. Daniel Kirk

When I was in a conservative Presbyterian denomination there was never the Lord’s Supper observed except that the table was properly fenced. “Fencing the table” meant giving everyone a careful explanation of who was welcome and who, for their own good, needed to stay away. This was an attempt to take seriously the warning of Paul: “The one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to themself if they do not judge the body (of the Lord) rightly.” The... Read more

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