Love at the Center
...when all is said and done, I have found no other explanation for the world as I know it – in all its beauty, complexity, pain, and hope - than the vision of love that I believe stands at the center of the biblical story...
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Understanding the Bible 21: Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins
An elemental consequence of sin is alienation – alienation between people, between humanity and creation, and, most profoundly, alienation between humanity and God (see part 2 of this series for more detail). And thus central to the project of salvation is reconciliation – bringing creation back to healthy, loving relationship, beginning with the relationship between God...
Understanding the Bible 15: Jesus’s Story Begins
In our modern translations of the Bible, all one has to do to move from the Hebrew scriptures to the story of Jesus is turn a page – a action so simple it suggests the connection between the two “testaments” is obvious. Of course the story of Jesus is connected to the story of Abraham,...