Category Archives: Bible and Theology

What God says through scripture, and how people work to understand it.

The Blues, Buddy & Jonah

If you like both the Blues and the Bible (like me) you need to look at this YouTube of Buddy Greene doing Jonah and the whale.  If you like this one, check search for his other YouTube videos. BTW, Buddy … Continue reading

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Promise from Day-retreat

“I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me (Psalm 57:2, New Living Translation).” I went into my monthly day-long retreat needing some reassurance that I would ever have a significant assignment in … Continue reading

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Louis Armstrong sings Jonah

A friend just brought this to my attention. Its an entertaining way to celebrate the story of Jonah.

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The Heart of Sin

Since I led a Bible Study into Isaiah 1 this week, I’ve been wondering about sin. What is the core/root/heart of sin? When I hear church people talk, I am led to think that sex is the worst sin (so … Continue reading

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Exclusivism: A Meta Sin?

N.T. Wright suggests that Israel misread God’s intent in the Abrahamic Covenant. Rather than follow their vocation to be light to the world, they believed the covenant granted them exclusive privilege. This Wright labels as their “meta sin, their own … Continue reading

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Isaiah & Pauline Theology

Isaiah from NavPress’ LifeChange series. I will use this to help shape discussion guides for the new Bible Study I am leading. Isaiah: Free to Suffer and to Serve by Philip Hacking, from the Bake Bible Guides. From the back, … Continue reading

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