By now I hope you understand that I am wanting to have some fun with this series on “living Biblically”. But, I am serious about the Bible and I do attempt to study it with the goal of letting my life be formed by it’s central character, that of course being Jesus. It might be [...]
Archive for April, 2009
To B or not To B(aptize)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Living Biblically and Jesus’ Baptism
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Where else would I start, except with baptism? Ironically, just today I saw a link somewhere online, I think while I was at Amazon.com, for a Churches of Christ site with the lead “Why Baptism is Essential.” I wish it would have said, “Why Jesus is Essential,” but I guess that’s a given.
I begin with Matthew 3:13 [...]
Day One….
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As I mentioned yesterday, after being inspired by Jacob’s book on “Living Biblically” I plan on studying the New Testament to see where I (we) actually do that, live according to our claim of being “people of the book.”
First, a brief statement about our hermeneutic, our method of interpreting the Bible…which isn’t really a hermeneutic [...]
Living Biblically?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It has been a while since my last offerings on this blog. I am not dead, just dull. Or, maybe as Billy Crystal says in one of the best movies ever, The Princess Bride, I have been “mostly dead,” not physically, but creatively.
But, I have been reading some good stuff. In the mornings I am [...]
Rated R for Violence
Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It has been a while since my last post and a lot of things have happened. We travelled to Missouri for my Mother’s 80th birthday and then spent some time in Arkansas with my Son and his Wife. Down there and in southern MO the forcythia (not sure how to spell it..those bright yellow bushes) [...]
