Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his…
…the heart of God. As we gather this Sunday around Scripture, song and sacrament, let us bring our lives into the presence of the One who loves us, chooses us,…
…approach yields sharply contrasting ecclesiologies and politics when placed in the hands of John Zizioulas, Leonardo Boff, or Miroslav Volf. Holmes avers, ‘the claim that the doctrine of the Trinity…
…It is a messianic politics of the social body predicated on the vindication and exaltation of the crucified messiah that provides a paradigm for how diverse individual bodies are to…
…place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed, 9 for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must…
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…guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13But now I am coming to you,…
…nailed down. It is often quite impossible to nail down the sort of things Scripture stories talk about: Elijah ascending into heaven in chariots of fire; Moses covering his face…
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…at the expense of justice, worship becomes blasphemy. Isaiah’s powerful message has long been cherished by the diverse communities that regard his words as scripture. However, it’s also been a…
…us nothing about the society. But it is a sign of genuine impartiality if there is justice for the forgotten. Isaiah teaches us about the politics of worship. The people…
…Matthew’s account of Jesus’ baptism together with contemporary theologies offers a glimpse of the radical solidarity of Jesus. *This post originally appeared on the Politics of Scripture January 2, 2017….