Tag: theology
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The Liturgical Use of Scripture
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 – 5/31/2026 – Trinity Sunday & The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you 2 Corinthians 13:13 (NRSVue) Today’s Lectionary texts from the New Testament, both the Epistle reading and the…
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The Time of Our Salvation
2 Timothy 1:8-12 – 5/28/2026 [God] saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before [historic time]. 2 Timothy 1:9 (NRSVue with my re-translation) When I left the life of the…
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The Embodied Ritual of the Christian Life
Leviticus 9:1-11, 22-24 – 5/18/2026 Draw near to the altar and sacrifice your purification offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and for the people, and sacrifice the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded. Leviticus 9:7 (NRSVue) Before I left the life of the…
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“I Am” not a being but Being Itself
John 8:21-30 – 5/16/2026 Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am.” John 8:28 (NRSVue) – alternative translation (see footnote in the NRSVue Biblical text) Perhaps no where is Jesus more explicit about his divinity than in the Gospel of John where he declares several…
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Escape! How I left Evangelicalism
In my last entry, I wrote that I would post about the three types of reasons I left the evangelical* campus church I attended while in university—intellectual reasons, moral-political reasons, and reasons having to do with sexuality and lifestyle. I’ve decided to forgo that post and go a slightly different direction. You, the reader, can…
Dionysus on a Bike 