February 2012
9 posts
Anonymous asked: Hi Petey! I have a question. Where in the Bible does it talk about God not wanting us to mark our bodies (i.e. tattoos)? BTW, mine says Phil 4:13. Not that it's better, just saying. =) Thanks!
“Only Jesus Christ is the new Life that is offered, for He is the bread from...”
– -The Fellowship of Presbyterian Theology Project, Essential Tenet III, section A
I love how a formal theology statement from a historic denomination speaks of the exclusivity of Christ with such intentionality & grace. It’s clear that exclusivity is not about creating divisions or...
Ashes, Ashes, we all fall down
…but falling down is not the End.
Death, dust, loss. Hopelessness, brokenness, corruption, deceit. In this Lent season, we want to soberly consider the depths of our despair. While this may sound morbid, it’s hopefully a dual reflection on our humanity and Jesus’s divinity. Plunging into the gospel plunges us into the extent of our self-worshipping corruption. But it also...
Worlds Apart
There’s a certain incompatibility that’s playing in my mind today.
We want to be “Christians.”
But we don’t want to be sacrificial. We don’t want the life of Jesus.
We want our life with a little Jesus sprinkled on top.
I don’t think we want to take seriously how far our lives are, naturally, from the life of Jesus.
I think the problem could be...
We’re not called to live lives of detached spirituality or serial do-goodery.
We’re called into the life of Jesus.
What does that look like, you ask? Sometimes pictures do more than words.
Lately I’ve been troubled by the misuse of the Bible, and perhaps more deeply the complete misunderstanding of its aim, purpose, and the conditions and opportunities from which it arose.
So this morning, while reading through today’s lectionary reading, I was looking at a small part of Hebrews and became overwhelmed by the amount of ways the passage could be abused if it wasn’t...
“In the events of his life, words, death, burial, & resurrection, Jesus...”