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“ . . . And Dwelt Among Us” ( John 1: 1-14)
Years ago, cruising the periodicals list of the Davidson College library I ran across something called the Illustrated London News. The emphasis of this particular issue was a retrospective on the D-Day invasion, and one particular article caught my eye, a column on...
A Theology of Home (Ruth 1: 15-18)
To begin forming a theology of home, one must begin by acknowledging a biological fact, that human beings share a kinship with much of the natural order when it comes to creating a functional home. A home must enjoy genuine stability for a creature to function within...
The Tears of God (John 11: 32-38)
I had arisen early so I could take a run. My eye happened to fall upon one of my children’s library books – The Jesse Owens Story. Reflexively, I picked it up and read it quickly, then took off on my run, thinking temporarily about the great track star Jesse Owens....
How the Bible Is Inerrant (Mark 16: 1-8; Luke 24: 1- 11)
In Matthew’s account of Easter morning, Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” went after dawn to see Jesus’ sepulchre. In Mark’s account of Easter, Mary Magdalene, “Mary the mother of Joses” and Salome bought spices with which to annoint the body. In Luke’s account of...
Be Living Stones ( I Peter: 2: 4-10)
The doctrine of the priesthood of the believer lay like a seed growing secretly in the garden of God’s Holy Word. On this Reformation Sunday we acknowledge that it took a genius – disguised as a priest -- to recognize that God intended all believers to be priests....