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Review of Struggles for Shalom
Read more: Review of Struggles for ShalomLaura L. Brenneman and Brad D. Schantz, eds. Struggles for Shalom: Peace and Violence Across the Testaments. Studies in Peace and Scripture 12. Eugene, OR.: Pickwick Publications, 2014. xxiv + 376 pp. $44.00. Paperback.. The interplay between the concepts of peace and violence in the texts of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament holds together…
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Review of the Oxford Handbook of the Psalms
Read more: Review of the Oxford Handbook of the PsalmsEdited by William P. Brown. The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms. Oxford University Press, 2014. 661 pgs. $150.00 (Hardback). The recently released Oxford Handbook of the Psalms represents an impressive encyclopedia of Psalms scholarship. The volume includes ten sections (with an additional two appendices) produced by over forty experts in their respective disciplines. In the…
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What Are We Singing?
Read more: What Are We Singing?A few days ago while driving, I was listening to a few hymns I hadn’t listened to in quite some time. I was singing along to the songs, trying to remember which words went with which verse. My mind was drifting and I wasn’t really thinking about the music until I heard myself mess up…
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The Religion of the Cosmos
Read more: The Religion of the Cosmos“Big cosmology has become our secular religion, a church even atheists can join.” – Jeffrey Kluger, Time Magazine I cannot stop thinking about Interstellar. In the interest of full-disclosure, my husband and I named our son Nolan (after the film’s director, Christopher Nolan), so I am predisposed to think that anything Chris Nolan creates is…
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A Letter for Pastors-in-Process
Read more: A Letter for Pastors-in-ProcessRecently, I heard about a young man interested in planting a church. He was from a large evangelical church in Orange County, CA. He asked to meet with the pastor of a medium size church in a nearby city that was already full of solid evangelical churches. This young man shared with the humble pastor…
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Some thoughts on the Mars Hill Controversy
Read more: Some thoughts on the Mars Hill ControversyIt was announced the other day that, on top of everything else surrounding the Mark Driscoll controversy of the past few years, Mars Hill church is now going to disband. The Mars Hill website stated their plans with the following four points: “(1) All of Mars Hill’s existing church properties will either be sold, or…
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Halloween and the Christian
Read more: Halloween and the ChristianToday is Halloween, the day in which spirits haunt their forgotten remains, men howl at the moon, and millions of children do whatever they can to eat as much candy as possible before their parents take it from them. In the last few years, I’ve heard arguments from numerous people as to how Christians ought to…
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How a Brian McKnight Concert Expanded My World
Read more: How a Brian McKnight Concert Expanded My WorldI am a creature of habit. I like routine, rhythm, and familiarity. Change and transitions are difficult for me. Sometimes my desire for routine makes me less open to trying new things. I’m also a music elitist, and I think there are certain types of music that are far superior than others. I normally listen…