Michael Lewis please see St. Paul….

Michael Lewis is best know for Moneyball, but his is one of the best financial writers around. His secret is that he can take the numbers and tell a story. He can translate from financial Joe to average Joe. This is his latest article on the California or State financial crisis.

The succession of . . . → Read More: Michael Lewis please see St. Paul….

What you find in a run on sentence…

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Text: Ephesians 1:3-14

Being a Protestant and being a Lutheran Protestant basically means I’m a follower of Christ with Pauline eyes. Most Lutheran ministers would probably point at Romans as there “go to” text. When I collapse back to basics, I go to Ephesians. (I know, all you higher critics laughing about the . . . → Read More: What you find in a run on sentence…

Calvinist/Arminian, Orthodox/Pietist, Paul meet James

Scott McKnight continues to follow “The New Calvinism” backed up by a Barna group survey.

I love this fight, because I think it is an example of things we divide over, but the Biblical view is don’t. Here is the short-hand. If you have ever been part of Protestantism not of the Lutheran variety you . . . → Read More: Calvinist/Arminian, Orthodox/Pietist, Paul meet James

2nd Corinthians, Visions and Thorns

Text: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Paul makes complete sense, and then he doesn’t. In some ways it is easy to understand Peter when he said of Paul in 2 Peter 3:15-16 – “His letters contain some things that are hard to understand…”

The daily readings have been taking us through 2 Corinthians, and I’ve ignored them here . . . → Read More: 2nd Corinthians, Visions and Thorns