Broken Body A Sermon Series on Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians. First sermon can be found here. The Church is the Body of Christ. The Church is also people…and people are broken. We get it wrong in a great many ways. The Book of 1 Corinthians is a glimpse into a Broken Body. The […]
Books that Didn’t Make the Cut: The Apocrypha
October 29, 2015 By
At the end of each summer, every NFL team must winnow its roster to 53 players. The very best make the cut; many hopeful young men see their hopes dashed with news they didn’t make the cut (or, more graphically, they’ve “been cut”). This is true in all walks of life – whether you are […]
Questions of Canon – Who Gets to Decide What’s in the Bible? The New Testament
September 24, 2015 By
It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. The Space Race and the urgency to outstrip the Soviets on the way to the moon led to an enormous proliferation of scientific advance. And I don’t just mean Tang. Really significant stuff. But it took the crisis to make those advances necessary. Think of […]
Questions of Canon – Who Gets to Decide What’s in the Bible? The Old Testament
September 3, 2015 By
No one likes to be bored. We like exciting stories, which involves some level of conflict. Imagine a movie with no conflict. Everyone gets along. Everyone agrees. All sing Kumbaya together. Good for them, but boring cinema. Someone like Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code can make the formation of the canon seem like […]
Questions of Canon – Who Gets to Decide What’s in the Bible? Criteria for Recognition
August 6, 2015 By
I once won a wrestling match 0-0. How can you win a match when no one scores any points? In this case, because we were tied at the end of an overtime period, the referee was forced to consult the criteria for a tie break. The first five criteria didn’t apply, so he was forced […]
