…Calvin, only Jesus the Christ could suffice, and him known through scripture alone. For those of us steeped in the tradition of Calvin, the problem with icons is their silence….
…eternal in the heavens (NRSV). It is one of my favorite passages of scripture, from one of my favorite authors of scripture. I read this passage all the time at…
…of contemporary concerns. Far from being a “really bad” reading of scripture, it is an excellent example of constructive Biblical theology – drawing from the Bible that which is essential…
…in the gospels. When faced with a citation of Scripture that placed some passage over human well-being, Jesus repeatedly countered and corrected such readings. The debate about the Sabbath is…
…began with reading the Bible in particular socio-cultural and economic spaces, and found that not only were existing interpretations exclusionary, but that new and exciting readings of Scripture placed the…
…the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures.” And if Isaiah 6 tells us that Yahweh is…
…and worth. The Advent scriptures that present themselves to us this week hold space for our many tears, presenting a challenge against easy restoration. It is in that space that…
…to be much more mindful of the role of nature inside scripture, i.e., that God speaks to us in scripture also in and through animals. Wallace describes Jesus as a…
…to Abraham and Sarai – names God, perhaps the only person to name God in the scriptures. Hagar names God “El-Roi”, meaning ‘God who sees me.’ This connection between the…
…social ethical questions. The positive impact of the Hebrew Scriptures is one important area as is the enhanced understanding of law in the Hebrew Scriptures and in Judaism generally. Also…
…A pattern of men misusing their leadership to silence women, enforcing their authority with a rigid interpretation of scripture that (I would argue) is growing less and less sustainable among…
…scriptural understanding of providence, as some parts tend to harmonize with Greek philosophical modes of providence, while others seem embarrassingly improvisatory (19-42). These diverging visions of providence from scripture and…