Category Archives: Bible Study

Can you find it in Jesus?

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Joe Ginder

I saw a comment by Brian Zahnd the other day on Jesus’ disciples in the Gospel of Luke that bears repeating. So I’m repeating it! The “Sons of Thunder” wanted to call fire down from heaven on a Samaritan village … Continue reading →

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Major Resources for Revelation 2021 Messages

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Joe Ginder

These are the three major resources I’m revisiting for the 2021 series of messages on Revelation. I’m using the series to address topics requested by members of the congregation that can fit into this approach. Apparently there is a lot … Continue reading →

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Remembering Andrew Walls

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Joe Ginder

Andrew Walls has graduated on to that next level of existence that those of us who follow Jesus look forward to by faith. He was born in 1921! I never met him; but I heard him speak and read his … Continue reading →

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Job 28 – Wisdom and Understanding

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Joe Ginder

I tend towards reading (or listening to) scripture in wider and wider context. More at one time. Sometimes, however, a jewel can be lost in the wider scope of a ….narrative? Poetry? Whatever one wants to consider the Book of … Continue reading →

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Lectio Divina between Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Joe Ginder

Well, I don’t believe any one week is holier than another, but here’s a set of links for the Long Beach Friends Church lectio divina readings from 2020 at the start of the pandemic, one for each day of the … Continue reading →

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10 Principles for Reading the Bible (a link)… and a note on Everett Fox’s Hebrew Bible translations more generally

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Joe Ginder

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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The Lost Letters of Pergamum

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Joe Ginder

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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N.T. Wright amplifies James on “being true to oneself”

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Joe Ginder

“None of us starts off with a pure internal â€˜kitâ€™ of impulses, hopes and fears. If you are true to â€˜yourselfâ€™, you will end up a complete mess. The challenge is to take the â€˜selfâ€™ you find within, and to … Continue reading →

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On Women in the Church and in Marriage

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Joe Ginder

In the past I wrote a series of posts considering biblical teaching on women in the church and in marriage. Several people have asked me about this recently so I thought I’d make the posts easy to find by adding … Continue reading →

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What is Sabbath? – a video (and podcast) by The Bible Project

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Joe Ginder

I love the Bible Project. I listened to Tim and Jon discuss Sabbath in the podcast series leading up to this video; it was a fantastic, thought-provoking, learning experience! And now the video is out. Watch it. Several times! It’s … Continue reading →

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