Stop Reading the Bible
in one year. We all are familiar with those programs that provide a schedule to read the entire Bible in a single year. Often they
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell
June 4, 2013
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in one year. We all are familiar with those programs that provide a schedule to read the entire Bible in a single year. Often they
The Sunday after Pentecost, this coming Sunday, is known as Trinity Sunday. I used to make fun of Trinity Sunday. Exactly what event are we
The Boston Marathon bombing seems like increasingly “old-news,” although Jeff Munroe’s post last week, “I’m Not Done With Boston” generated some good discussion. It might
You’re watching Jeopardy. The category is “Pastoral Conversations.” The answer is “A stick that smart men use to beat up people who disagree with them.”
Last Saturday, Debra Rienstra looked at the well-known post-Easter story of Jesus and “doubting Thomas,” and the great crescendo at the end of the fourth
Bad joke alert! Brace yourself.“So,” says the fitness buff to the pastor, “what kind of pilates was this ‘Pontius’ that Jesus suffered under?”Groan. Sorry. Perhaps
The Papal Conclave is here. With no presidential horserace to handicap, the media has turned its attention to Rome. People who don’t seem to have
The little pond I swim in, the Reformed Church in America, has not, in my memory, anticipated a book as much as Jim Brownson’s recently
“It all comes down to hermeneutics!” It was a seminary prof, many years ago, who uttered those words. I had probably heard the word “hermeneutics”