Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Dec 4th, 2009
I appreciate thoughtful, challenging books like Ben F. Meyer’s The Aims of Jesus. This is my second time through the book and I am reading it more slowly and intentionally.
John the Baptist
Meyer reasons that we need to discern the aims of John the Baptist in the quest to discover Jesus’ aims. John was an “eschatological [...]
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The New American Evangelicalism Version reads…
“For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by fear from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by fear’.” -Romans 1:17
Faith has been replaced by fear. It’s everywhere. Why don’t we admit it and sing, “Fear is the [...]
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Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Nov 2nd, 2009
In these days of the E.S.A., not U.S.A., the discussion of power becomes a multi-level conversation. What is the E.S.A.? The alleged Empire of States of America. Empire is the trendy word when the concept of power is the topic of conversation. The idea that the U.S.A. is an empire is plain silly and it’s [...]
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Welcome to USAmerican evangelicalism. Show me your version of the Bible and I’ll tell you what you think about the role of women in ministry. Can you believe it has come to this?
This post cannot be an in-depth presentation of the role of women in ministry. I would encourage you to read Scot McKnight’s The [...]
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Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Oct 26th, 2009
If Jesus would have given in to the objections of Pharisees and scribes, I think he would have died of niceness. Forget the cross. A lot of USAmerican middle-class Christians probably think that would have been just fine because they are dying everyday of niceness. Bored silly with the faith.
Christians are expected to be [...]
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Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Theology on Oct 21st, 2009
The title “Messiah” was in the 1st century what “American Idol” is in our own. Who will it be?
The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 16:13-20, Mark 8:27-30 and Luke 9:18-21) present the occasion of Peter making his confession that Jesus is the promised Messiah (anointed one) and in each account the disciples are strictly warned by Jesus [...]
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