Category: Bible
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ADVENT 2013–WEEK ONE READINGS
I know that tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but Sunday is the first day of Advent. As per my tradition, each year I spend time translating from the Greek New Testament some of the Advent readings. I do this for many reasons but now as I am a full-time writer I do it as a writing exercise. …
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WHO WAS JOHN THE EVANGELIST?
I read nice little article on the Gospel of John this morning on the website of Biblical Archaeology Review (my favorite magazine, but I missed a month because of the move–drats!) that roots around at Johannine authorship. John never self-identifies, but maintains literary distance by describing himself as the “disciple whom Jesus loved” or the…
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THE NIGHT JESUS TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT
Jesus is famous for his metaphors and earthy teaching–mustard seed, building foundation, lilies of the field and other such niceties. But if we look properly, we find he also used some rather crude, dare I say vulgar analogies to describe the most important of all spiritual realities. I’m thinking about John this week–reading through it,…