February 2012

John Huss vs. Mary Magdalene (Lent Madness)

If you like both NCAA basketball and church history, here's something to bring those two disparate worlds together: Lent Madness.  Click here: Lent Madness.  It's a 32-team bracket…
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Got ordinance lust? (Psalm 119:20)

My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times (Psalm 119:20 NRSV). This is my favorite verse in Psalm 119, and one of my favorites…
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Kings Behaving Badly

In a few hours, after coaching my younger son's basketball team (leaving at half-time; fortunately, I have great co-coaches, one of whom is my older son), I drive back to…
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ET phone home (Psalm 119:19)

I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me (Psalm 119:19 NRSV). The first half of this verse could be translated as "Alien…
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Behaving Badly at Bucknell 2

Judging by the comments to my last blog, some people felt like I behaved badly at Bucknell.  (And I thought the title was a joke.)  But people love controversy…
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Behaving Badly at Bucknell

This past Sunday-Monday (Feb 12-13), I spoke at or near Bucknell University four times on topics related to God Behaving Badly. It was fantastic. Sunday morning, at First Presbyterian Church…
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“Let’s make a deal” (Psalm 119:17)

Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word (Psalm 119:17 NRSV). In this verse, Psalm 119 moves into the Gimel section, where each of the eight verses begins…
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Is the psalmist Lord Voldemort? (Part 1)

(Just to be clear,  the psalmist isn't Lord Voldemort (he's fictional).  But blog titles are supposed to be provocative.) At dinner with my family last night, I asked which…
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