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Posts tagged "Scripture"

The Executive Summary

Proverbs Reflection

A book with 500 pages can be daunting. If I have a book of this nature recommended to me I will most often look to Amazon for an executive summary. If I’m really honest, there are times I’ll read that, a few of the reviews and then decide to stop. The idea of wading through the whole script seems just too daunting a task.

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People Matter

Old Testament Reflection

If you are a typical reader of the English Bible this is where your resolve is tested. When we decide to read through the Bible the books of Genesis and Exodus to this point make for interesting reading because they contain all kinds of stories about God’s dealings with his people. But when we arrive at Exodus 21 things change and the material can become tedious, and we can get bogged down pretty quickly.

Read More compassion, Scripture, law, slavery

Mark’s Mark

New Testament Reflection

Mark starts his book by declaring, “This is the good news about Jesus Christ.” There is no birth narrative here but instead there’s the birth of a literary genre—the gospel (from the old English “god-spel”—“good news”).

There is so much meaning packed into the first two sentences of Mark.

Read More Scripture, language, communication

A Fuller Picture

Read Reflect In my years of studying how people interact with God’s Word, I’ve learned many things. For example, 40% of Christ followers have never read the entire Bible. They believe the Bible is inspired and the source of truth, yet are satisfied with skimming the surface of familiar books and passages. When we only […]

Read More Scripture, Old Testament, justice, salvation


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