Rev. Teresa 'Terri' Hord Owens, general minister and president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), offers a sermon on becoming the church that Jesus has called us to be - fully committed to anti-racism. The Diciples of Christ are in full communion with The United Church of Canada.
Read MoreWe can never know the full essence of God, which is why throughout sacred scriptures and all other intelligent writings concerning the divine, similes and metaphors are used to describe God. To worship the metaphors is idolatry. To absorb them, imagine them, lean into them, is divine.
Read MoreThe Psalms Project is a band setting all 150 Psalms to music in their entirety, including the essential meaning of every verse, a marriage of King David’s vision with modern worship music. The Psalms Project is led by singer/songwriter/producer Shane Heilman, who has collaborated with over 70 musicians thus far.
Read MoreWe have Matthew's creative/fictitious genealogy of Jesus (Matt 1: 1 - 17) and we have Epiphany's story of the wandering Zoroastrian priests and the slaughter that followed (Matt. 2: 1 - 23). In both cases, Matthew is responding to the genealogy that the Roman Empire claimed for Augustus Caesar. Context. Context. Context.
Read MorePete Enns writes in his blog a simple explanation about the ‘history’ of the Bible and how and when it was written. It is a kind of overview understanding, which may help, if this is a new idea to you. Peter Enns has written numerous books, including The Bible Tells Me So, The Sin of Certainty, and How the Bible Actually Works.
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