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Forgiveness and the Face 4
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xscot mcknight
In the second part of Shults’ chapter on facing, forgiveness and salvation, Shults looks at what the Christian tradition means by forgiveness. Shults seeks here to liberate the idea of forgiveness from judicial metaphors and make room for the reality that forgiveness “really changes lives” (125). If you had to define forgiveness, how would you…
Emerging Peter: Suffering in Christ
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xscot mcknight
Peter is working out a theology of how to live as a Christian in Roman Empire, as powerless Christians in a world that God loves, and he is no pie-eyed dreamer. “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that…
The Impact of Blogs
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xscot mcknight
Some of you may recall that I griped about a commercial that Kraft Foods used for A1 sauce, and how Kraft used someone who switched his prisoner number with someone on death row in order to get to eat a steak with A1 sauce. Well, a blogger (Hooman Hedayati) must have read my post and…
Dave and Donald Miller
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xscot mcknight
Donald Miller tells us, and I saw it in his new book To Own a Dragon, that he writes his books in coffee shops. But I want to talk about Dave Miller‘s new CD, for in it he’s got a song he’s written about drinking coffee: “Coffee” the song is called. I’m thinking Donald Miller…
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