By Parson Brown, on 2:47 pm%
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….
By Parson Brown, on 12:30 pm%
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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…
By Parson Brown, on 3:37 pm%
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
By Parson Brown, on 4:01 pm%
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
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