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Embracing Grace: Thinking of Lent?
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xscot mcknight
Here is our press release for Embracing Grace: A gospel for all of us , by “all” I mean for all Christians and for each part of us (heart, soul, mind, strength).
Hastening the Kingdom
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xscot mcknight
Fasting at the time of Jesus had nothing to do with health, and everything to do with hastening the Kingdom of God by physically embodying one’s intense yearning for God to establish his will. Fasting also had to do with consecration for the High Holidays, like Yom Kippur. Overall, though, fasting is the physical expression…
Where do you get your news?
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xscot mcknight
A good piece by Joseph Epstein, America’s finest essayist, in Commentary magazine, discusses the fate of newspapers. As you may know, the most sophisticated newspapers — who did try to do things objectively and discriminately — are nearly all, like home made ice cream, stuck on a garage shelf and collecting layers of dust. There…
Reading words and letters
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xscot mcknight
From Michael Russell, who hails from College Station, TX:
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