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Author Archives: Joe Ginder
10 Principles for Reading the Bible (a link)… and a note on Everett Fox’s Hebrew Bible translations more generally
Everett Fox has a really, really excellent set of principles for Bible readers. He calls it For First Time Readers of Bible Stories. I would add that I find them generally useful even if you have read the stories in … Continue reading
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“Postmodernity, Critical (Race) Theory, Cultural Marxism, and you” – links to a series of articles
John Stackhouse is a theologian who teaches at Crandall University in Canada. He’s from a Plymouth Brethren background, educated at Queen’s University, Wheaton Graduate School, and the University of Chicago. He generally has a pretty sensible Christian view of most contemporary issues. … Continue reading
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Lectio 365 – An App Recommendation
A number of us at Long Beach Friends Church have been using the Lectio 365 app for a few months. We really appreciate how it leads us through a 10 minute prayer and scripture devotional each day. I found today … Continue reading
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The Lost Letters of Pergamum
On my day off this week I read The Lost Letters of Pergamum by Bruce W. Longenecker as an audiobook. I appreciated it quite a lot. It’s one of those books I’ve had on my list to read for at … Continue reading
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Jesus Christ must be the center and norm for Christian public engagement.
Jesus Christ must be the center and the norm for Christian public engagement. Why? Because Christ and Christ’s Spirit aren’t at work only in our hearts, families, and churches, but in our civic communities, cities, nations, and the entire world. … Continue reading
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Facing Things, a Quote by James Baldwin
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin
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Resources for Understanding Racism and Prejudice in America
I’ve been engaged in quite a bit of recent discussion about the presence of racism and prejudice in the United States today. This is a list of resources that come to mind this morning and are thus weighted towards the … Continue reading
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Monday, June 1, 2020 – Cleaning Up
First thing Monday morning I went down to the church building and found things were fine. I went to the roof and scouted the surrounding area; everything seemed calm – no columns of smoke like in 1992! I started walking … Continue reading
Monsters
“But maybe if they didn’t treat us like monsters, we wouldn’t be monsters. I want us to try living like people for awhile, see how that goes.” N.K. Jemisin, Stone Hunger
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