Redeeming Martha: A New Spin on an Old Story
A repost from 2015. This article is also available in audio form here. I’ve heard a dozen sermons and givenContinue Reading
Category: Bible/Interpretation
The Word is Dynamite
God’s Word to us doesn’t always have shiny wrapping and a big red bow attached. God’s Word isn’t always warm and fuzzy. God’s Word sometimes needs to hit us like a ton of bricks. When we open our Bibles we stumble into an old library full of stories of holy confrontations and sacred summons.
My Problem with the Bible (Brian Zahnd)
One of the most remarkable things about the Bible is that in it we find the narrative told from the perspective of the poor, the oppressed, the enslaved, the conquered, the occupied, the defeated. This is what makes it prophetic. We know that history is written by the winners. This is true — except in the case of the Bible it’s the opposite!
Revelation Parodies Worldly Power
Many pastors avoid teaching the Book of Revelation either because they themselves are still befuddled, but more often because it’s an exhausting chore confronting all the BS interpretations that have persisted for so long.
The Story
The greatest tragedy that has befallen Western Christianity over the past few hundred years is the chopping up of the drama of biblical story into cold and sterile propositional truth claims. If there’s one gift I’d love to give everyone I meet or minister to, it is the gift of grasping the Big Story of the Bible in narrative form and the thrill of discovering their unique place in the unfolding plot.
On Reading Scripture
This week I am teaching on the nature of the Bible — authority, inspiration, infallibility, etc. — in my ChristianContinue Reading
A Bigger Salvation Story
ASCENSION SUNDAY | Luke 24:44-53 One of the difficulties we have in reading and understanding the Bible is that weContinue Reading
Kingdom Harbor 