This is the first chance I have had to work on the Bible Mania editing project since January. I hope to get the rest of them done in the next couple weeks. This session moves us into the...
Thursday, May 21. Romans 12:1-8. We finally get to the good stuff in Romans. Paul has been constructing a complex argument in the first eleven chapters. Now he gets practical. Let me summarize the whole book in a really simple thought: We are all different, but...
Wednesday, May 20. Romans 10:1-21. There is one particular night in our Catechism journey that is a highlight for me. It happens during the year in which I teach a survey of the whole Bible to our students. On this night we reenact the scene that happens in...
Tuesday, May 19. Romans 9:30-33. Today’s reading happens right in the middle of a new, sub-argument that Paul is building. He’s been telling the people, in chapters 1-8, that God loves everybody, and that Gentiles are equal with Jews when it comes to...
Brian McLaren gave the plenary presentation last night at the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly. Our theme this year is from The Message version of John 1, “and God became flesh…and moved into the neighborhood.” McLaren did a nice theological...
I’m going to preach Romans 6:1-14 for the Confirmation Service on Sunday (it is the text from the Narrative Lectionary and it is perfect for this event). The theme is Alive in Christ. Here is a sequence of images that help me think through Paul’s argument....
