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Sermon – Escape to Egypt
Matthew 2:13-23 Sermon preached in Bishopton Parish Church, on 26th December 2010, First Sunday after Christmas I don’t know how you spent your Christmas day, but I spent considerable time looking at historical accounts about the birth of Jesus. While … Continue reading
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The Bible is not a constitution!
I love this quote I read today from Brian McLaren’s book, A New Kind of Christianity. I fully resonate with his opposition to reading the Bible as a constitution, and to the assumption that sola scriptura entails such an approach. … Continue reading
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Walter Brueggemann on the Bible
Watch this interesting video I found on youtube with Walter Brueggemann’s view on the Bible. I’m not sure I agree with everything he says on the ‘mutation’ in God from violence to sacrificial love, but it is something to consider … Continue reading
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David Fergusson on Rudolf Bultmann
I found this video on James McGrath’s blog and I found it very useful in understanding Bultmann’s demythologizing programme. I have to say, it made a lot of sense to me. Have a look and tell me what you think: … Continue reading
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No single meaning
Quote from Walter Brueggemann, “Divine Presence Amid Violence. Contextualizing the Book of Joshua”, p. ix: “The conviction that Scripture is revelatory literature is a constant, abiding conviction among the communities of Jews and Christians that gather around the book. But … Continue reading
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