Like many,I had to preach on Mark 13 yesterday,though unlike most it was a dialogue sermon where I was asked (prepared) questions,and we then opened it up to the ‘floor’for further questions. So I had to make my mind up about this passage! There are three main ways this has been [...] The story of the rich man and Lazarus appears on first reading to depict a detailed ‘map’ of ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’,but is this the right way to read it? First,it is worth noting that the words ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’ themselves do not occur in the parable. The NT talks about post-mortem life in [...] Dr Tim McGrew of the Library of Historical Apologetics just posted a fascinating document in a private Facebook group of which I am a part: Sometimes two historical records incidentally touch on the same point in a manner that would be very unlikely if one of them were copied from the other or if both [...] Jesus’‘parable’of the sheep and the goats in Matt 25.31–46 is very well known and widely misinterpreted. It forms one part of the extended teaching about ‘the end’distinctive to Matthew (compared with Mark and Luke). It is most commonly interpreted as an injunction to help the poor;most Christians (in the West at [...] I have posted this comment in response to some reflections on John Richardson’s blog. I am hoping we might have a further exchange of views based on a more detailed critique from John. You can find extracts from the booklet at these posts: Gen 1,2 and 3,Luke 24,John 20, Acts 18, Romans 16, 1 Cor 11, 1 [...] My Grove booklet Women and Authority:the key biblical texts is now available (after a small printing hiccup!) from the Grove website. My final conclusion was a reflection on the process of engaging with these texts: “On a personal note,engaging again with these texts has been a challenging and transforming experience for me. I [...] This is the second half of an article;part (i) can be found here. 3. A Spirituality of Conflict and Decision Whilst seeming to be the most ‘reflective’ of the gospels,John is also the one which contains the sharpest conflicts. Jesus is in constant debate with ‘the Jews’—not usually,in fact,the Jewish people [...] It feels like a natural thing to be reflecting on the spirituality of St John’s gospel;after all,it has been referred to as ‘the spiritual gospel’ since the early church. Mark’s driving narrative presents us with Jesus as a man of action,making clear who he is through what he does. Matthew’s organised presentation [...] Attacks on the reliability of the NT have moved in recent years from focussing on the question of historical reliability to the question of how the NT documents were written,handled and included in what was to become ‘Scripture.’This is because of the continuing discovery of earlier and diverse manuscripts,and the related discipline [...] I have just finished writing a Grove Biblical booklet on ‘Women and authority:key biblical texts’ which aims to explore all the key texts in 32 pages,due out in the next week or so. I am aiming to cover Gen 1,2 and 3,Luke 24,John 20, Acts 18,Romans 16, 1 Cor 11, 1 Cor 14, Eph [...] | ||
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