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Reedeemed Weblog: May 2013
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Sunday, May 19, 2013. What I didn't realize when I said this was that my response would spawn a convoluted path of thoughts and possibilities within my mind. I began to consider whether truth had a temporal dimension. At first, it was kind of an exercise in language: In which tenses does truth exist? Obviously, truth can exist in the past and present tenses: "I locked the door," or "I am wearing pajamas." But can truth exist in the future tense? A good thing can become bad, an...
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Reedeemed Weblog: January 2013
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Friday, January 25, 2013. Your Body, A Temple. If only Jesus had pointy ears. Links to this post. The Weight of Theology. If) the people there have no “official” training in the area. I enjoy the exchange of ideas, sharing stuff I’ve learned or am learning in school, and engaging my mental capacities for the sake of the church. That’s how it felt. And there’s a problem here. And, for your consideration, a bit of satire called "Shallow Small Group Bible Study." Enjoy. Last nigh...
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Reedeemed Weblog: November 2012
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Once more I found myself having thoughts while listening to music and doing the dishes. I'm starting to think there's a connection. If the show The Big Bang Theory. Is anything to go by (and it is, personally, as so many people have told me I remind them of Sheldon), then sometimes doing mundane tasks frees up the brain to work during repetitive, meaningless action. This time the song at hand was " Better Than Drugs. Can we know God too much? Remain...
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Reedeemed Weblog: June 2013
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Information vs. Transformation in Church Class Curricula. So here’s my problem: where is the balance between information and transformation in the creation of a curriculum for “Sunday School”? It appears both are necessary, but how much of each is best? Does this vary from group to group (also church to church, among denominations, even continents and hemispheres)? I think it does, but the question remains: Where is the balance? Links to this post.
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Reedeemed Weblog: The Plain Reading
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. But even some texts with a plain reading can be misunderstood simply because of the incredible difference in time and location. The plain reading of the early parts of Genesis, for example, creates (pun! Be ready to interpret his words and the words of his peers and predecessors. Was there something special about the 10 plagues that hit Egypt beyond their miraculous occurrence? We cannot afford to simply say to every situation, "The Bible tells me so&...
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Reedeemed Weblog: March 2013
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. The Prophetic Possibility of Eph. 5.25-26. Most mornings, my wife and I read a couple's devotion together. Every once in a while, the snobby scholar-wannabe inside me reads the devotional thought for the day and screams, "How did you possibly read that. This morning, the text was Ephesians 5.25-26. My mind went to Joshua 1:9. Passage in Deuteronomy 6:4-9. Refer to any particular scripture or set of scriptures. How else is "word" used? That existed befo...
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Reedeemed Weblog: July 2013
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Sunday, July 21, 2013. Physics and the Kingdom of God. In physics, there are two basic types of energy: potential and kinetic. Potential energy is energy at rest with the possibility of movement; kinetic energy, on the other hand, is the energy of motion. These two are in constant connection, moving fluidly from one form to the other with every motion and every stop. Potential energy is what might happen. Kinetic energy is happening. And the poor of the saints. Therefore, show...
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Reedeemed Weblog: September 2012
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Wednesday, September 26, 2012. The Church as Proof. In church for the fall we're studying the Gospel of John. One week I was even asked to teach, which I thoroughly enjoyed. This past Sunday, the normal teacher was there, and we were tasked with going through John 3 and 4. How we were supposed to go through such dense material in 45 minutes (or so) is beyond me, but we made a valiant attempt. Believed Jesus was the Messiah, how they interpreted the Hebrew Scriptures (probably ...
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Reedeemed Weblog: October 2012
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Like Reedeemed at Facebook. Thursday, October 11, 2012. Last night I had the privilege to attend an event called Fields of Faith. This is a powerful thought, considering how many teenagers have no one who is interested in them. With the rise of social abandonment, the rushing from one activity to another, and the general busyness that clouds their lives, it's great to hear about a personal. The individualistic habits of the States are obvious enough (as I have pointed out here. He chose people to come af...