Jul 15, 2024 | Processing
The following is an excerpt from a larger piece I’m working on. That piece (and this section) is unedited – and the piece is largely unfinished. But I want to share elements of it as I continue to write. Before we dive into the fuller nature of what we can...
Jun 23, 2024 | Processing
Table of Contents Introduction I’m working through forming language and an overall vision for church leadership, governance, activity, and responsibility. In this post, I’m going to start wrestling with the role of the elder. It’s part of a larger...
Jun 19, 2024 | Processing
There are passages in Scripture that don’t feel like they match our expectations. How many of us have faced a horrible situation – one which we have prayed over, cried over, struggled through? A situation that seems to clearly have a right and wrong...
Jun 10, 2024 | Processing
Just a language clarification: I want to use the phrase “non explicit interpretation” – or else “implicit interpretation” – rather than “non literal interpretation.” Because interpretation is concerned with unearthing...
Jun 10, 2024 | Processing
In reading the Sermon on the Mount, my family discussed whether Matthew 6:17 should be take literally. That is, Jesus says, “when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face” (CSB). The specific question was, “When you fast, are you required to...
