GUEST-POST - Our Final Authority: The Bible or Jesus?

GUEST-POST: Our Final Authority: The Bible or Jesus?

Our final authority

It was one of my classic last-minute cancellations. A church whose pastor and elders had invited me to speak on prayer found themselves awkwardly withd

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Reexamine John 4:39: “ The Scriptures were never meant to become forensic exhibits under fluorescent lights”

GUEST POST: Leonard Sweet

Not too long ago I watched a video of one of my former seminary students doing what I taught him not to do. He had six translations fanned out, Greek open, highlighters uncapped. He was dissecting Mark as though the gospe

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#ReExamine Proverbs 3:5-6

#ReExamine Proverbs 3:5-6

I believe we must recognize the chasm between these two models.

Belief is intellectual, doctrinal, and easily enculturated.
Faith is trusting, respecting, listening, serving; spiritual in every good sense of the term.

IMHO, f

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What does “literal” mean?

Many brag how they take the Bible literally.

We must read the Bible literaturly.

Be careful when you hear “I read the Bible literally.” The motive is good but it goes against the very nature of the sacred writings. There are many parts of the Bible t

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Reexamine Genesis 2:15

Genesis 2:15 in the English Standard Version (ESV) reads: "The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it."

The Bible’s first job description is avad— the garden word in Genesis 2:15.

We translate it “work” or “til

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#ReExamine "Submit" * We Got The Word RIght But . . .

The Trouble with “Submit”

Rethinking How We Translate ὑποτάσσω

Joel B. Green

File:Starling Murmuration - RSPB Minsmere (21446738793).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

A Starling Murmuration: No bird submits to another, but each orders itself in relation to the others. (Wikimedia Comm

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Reexamine Bible Teacher/Preacher Inerrancy

Reexamine Bible

Teacher/Preacher

Inerrancy

➡️Quick Click Video Pick

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#ReExamine Pentecost

Guest-Post: Paul Dazet

holy conspiracy

pentecost and the people who learn to breathe together

Pentecost is a story about breath.

In Scripture, Spirit and breath are deeply connected. The Hebrew word ruach means breath, wind, Spirit. The Greek wor

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#ReEngageSCRIPTURE…with better questions

...better questions produce better interpretations.

✅ the Video clip

➡️to "Transition to Better Questions "

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#ReExamineSCRIPTURE: John 10:10

The Gate Was Never a Cage (excerpt by permission)

We like to simplify John 10:10 into a clean binary. Jesus and Satan. The shepherd and the devil. Good and evil, neatly sorted.

But Jesus doesn’t name Satan here. He names the Pharisees.

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ReExamineSCRIPTURE: Rethink "Kingdom"

The One True Gospel Is Kingdom Focused

Guest Writer: Rev. Dr. Wayne Gordon

Nijay K. Gupta

Preface

Hey friends, Nijay here. Welcome to the ONE TRUE GOSPEL series.

Everyone has a “gospel,” some big ideology they want to preach, s

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#ReExamineSCRIPTURE: Start with The Ten Commandments

#ReExamineSCRIPTURE: Start with The Ten Commandments

Phil Miglioratti Interviewed Tom Lutz, Author of "Equipping Christians for Kingdom Obedience"

PHIL>>> Many Christians today seem uncertain about the role of the Law in the Christian life. Why i

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GUEST-POST: When You #ReExamine Scripture, Accurate Application Is Crucial

How to Study the Bible

Applying the Truth of the Bible to All of Life

GUEST-POST: Keith P. Ferguson

In Part 1 of this series, we focused on OBSERVATION.

Correct interpretation and application are based on abundant observation. We

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An Ancient, Apt, Pithy, and Profound Penitential Prayer

An Ancient, Apt, Pithy, and Profound Penitential Prayer

One of the shortest prayers in the Bible is the one uttered by the penitent publican in the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, which is recorded in Luke 18:9–14:

And the publican, s

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A Parable to #ReExamine John 17:21-22

“My prayer is not for them alone.

I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you

(Jesus, in John 17:21-22)

___________

PROLOGUE

“In John 17, Jesus pray

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What If Paul Wrote 1 Corinthians 13 to the Modern American Evangelical Church?

What If Paul Wrote 1 Corinthians 13 to the Modern American Evangelical Church?

by Joe Boyd

Most people know 1 Corinthians 13 as the love chapter.

It’s the one that goes something like…

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,

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I AM "ANI" By Lewis Turner . YO SOY. En español

I AM ani אֲנִ֣י

Número H589 de Strong Hebreo

א Aleph - Fuerza, líder, primero, (5e) líder fuerte - fuerte, poder, líder (2b) En el hebreo antiguo, se dibujaba como la cabeza de un buey, que forma parte del significado original de la letra (1

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Improvise! A Jazz-Inspired Way to #Reimagine Church

A Coaching Session:

Phil Miglioratti Interviewed Mark Glanville, Author of "Improvising Church"

Dr. Mark Glanville works as the Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership at St. Andrews Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Can

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GUEST POST ~ The Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm Into a Tool of Healing

I am not willing to concede the Bible to those who wield it like a weapon

An interview with Zach W. Lambert by Sarah Bessey

Today’s Field No

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#ReExamine Scripture...We May Have Misread Critical Passages

#ReExamine Scripture...We May Have Misread Critical Passages

Jesus Was (Not What We Expected...

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Select quotes from Scot's essay:

Too many churches and pastors and others think first about salvation and church g

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GUEST-POST - Our Final Authority: The Bible or Jesus?

Reexamine John 4:39: “ The Scriptures were never meant to become forensic exhibits under fluorescent lights”

#ReExamine Proverbs 3:5-6

What does “literal” mean?

Reexamine Genesis 2:15

#ReExamine "Submit" * We Got The Word RIght But . . .

The Trouble with “Submit”

Rethinking How We Translate ὑποτάσσω

Reexamine Bible Teacher/Preacher Inerrancy

#ReExamine Pentecost

holy conspiracy

pentecost and the people who learn to breathe together

#ReEngageSCRIPTURE…with better questions

#ReExamineSCRIPTURE: John 10:10

The Gate Was Never a Cage (excerpt by permission)

We like to simplify John 10:10 into a clean binary. Jesus and Satan. The shepherd and the devil. Good and evil, neatly sorted.

ReExamineSCRIPTURE: Rethink "Kingdom"

The One True Gospel Is Kingdom Focused

Guest Writer: Rev. Dr. Wayne Gordon

Preface

#ReExamineSCRIPTURE: Start with The Ten Commandments

GUEST-POST: When You #ReExamine Scripture, Accurate Application Is Crucial

How to Study the Bible

Applying the Truth of the Bible to All of Life

An Ancient, Apt, Pithy, and Profound Penitential Prayer

A Parable to #ReExamine John 17:21-22

PROLOGUE

What If Paul Wrote 1 Corinthians 13 to the Modern American Evangelical Church?

What If Paul Wrote 1 Corinthians 13 to the Modern American Evangelical Church?

I AM "ANI" By Lewis Turner . YO SOY. En español

Improvise! A Jazz-Inspired Way to #Reimagine Church

GUEST POST ~ The Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm Into a Tool of Healing

GUEST POST ~ The Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm Into a Tool of Healing

I am not willing to concede the Bible to those who wield it like a weapon

An interview with Zach W. Lambert by Sarah Bessey

#ReExamine Scripture...We May Have Misread Critical Passages

Jesus Was (Not What We Expected...

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