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The Fighting Shepherd
In the past I have commented on the manner in which our changing social concept of sonship has encouraged a dramatic shift in our understanding of key biblical concepts. Within this post I want to observe another example of a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, The Church, Theological
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Links and Jottings 2
Having a lot of half-formed thoughts prompted by various articles in my mind at the moment, I thought that I would quickly post a few of them here, along with some interesting links. 1. David Brooks writes about the crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Culture, Ethics, In the News, Just for Fun, Music, On the web, OT, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Uncategorized, Video
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Links and Jottings
Having not blogged much here for a little while, I thought that I would quickly post a few miscellaneous links and thoughts. I regularly post links in my Delicious account, which is linked in my sidebar (more general and less … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Culture, Ethics, My Reading, OT, Philosophy, Quotations, Theological, What I'm Reading
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Sex and Death on the Threshing Floor
A friend asked me yesterday about the significant of the threshing floor in Scripture. I briefly sketched a response to his enquiry, but thought that it would be good to fill out this response in the following post. Perhaps some … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Deuteronomy, NT, NT Theology, OT, OT Theology, Ruth, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological
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Introduction to Bible Themes for Kids
I am loving the following Bible chants for teaching basic biblical-theological structures to kids (all of you adults know the sacrifices of Leviticus, right?): Ox, Lion, Eagle, Man Priest, King, Prophet, Man Moses is an ox; David is a lion; prophets are eagles; Jesus is da man (for little kids, this is best … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, OT
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Mediations Wrapped in Mediations
I recently wrote a piece contrasting the Song of Solomon with pornography. It has now been posted over on The Media Res (lots of other great stuff there – do take a look!): The Song is a celebration of mediation. It … Continue reading
Posted in On the web, Song of Solomon, Theological
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On Making a Prophet: Pentecost and the Church’s Mission, Part 5
And they were all filled with the Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. – Acts 2:4 The terminology of being ‘filled with the Spirit’ is found in the lxx, where it is … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Bible, NT, NT Theology, The Church, Theological
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On Making a Prophet: Pentecost and the Church’s Mission, Part 4
Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. – Acts 2:3 As a primal symbol fire possesses a superabundance of symbolic associations, rendering it difficult for us to discern the particular … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Bible, NT, The Church, Theological
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On Making a Prophet: Pentecost and the Church’s Mission, Part 3
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. – Acts 2:2 The context having been set in the previous verse, the events associated with … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Bible, NT, NT Theology, The Church, Theological
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On Making a Prophet: Pentecost and the Church’s Mission Series
I started posting a series of posts on the subject of Pentecost and the Church’s mission a few years ago, but never got around to completing the series before my old blog fell dormant. I thought that now would be … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Bible, NT, The Triune God
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