What’s a preacher to do? Preach the text? Or the gospel? Even Gerhard Forde said preaching is “doing the text” to believers.[1] But doesn’t that work better with some texts more than others? For example, when the lectionary has those “take up your cross” texts which presuppose that we can and must do something to […]
Memorial Day Prayer
Holy and mighty Lord, who has given us this land for our inheritance…. Read more here.
If a wafer falls on the floor, do I have to eat it?
“…I reserved them and saw to it they were consumed after the service. I think we got them all.” Yet, when “hosts, reserved from Sunday’s service,” turned out to be infested with weevils, Pastor Saltzman did not make any calls to the homebound “until a new order arrived.” He does not relate what was done with […]
Preaching May 15: “The end is now’ (May 21), “very near,” and the Good Shepherd: Harold Camping, Joel C. Rosenberg, and that whole crowd[1]
1. The New Testament in five independent places states the end will come like a thief in the night (1 Thessalonians 5:2; Matthew 24:43; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 3:3; 16:15) and in addition that we do not know the time of the end (Matthew 25:13; Mark 13:32). Why do those who claim to take the Bible […]
The poor want pleasure, too
Is food the number one priority for poor people? Not necessarily, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Abhijit Banerjee. Motivated by the idea that the poor are starving, Western aid often focuses on providing food. But Banerjee argues that while nutrition is important, it’s not necessarily a poor person’s only priority. Rather, the poor […]