Theology That Bites Back
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“His adultery with Bathsheba, and his murder of Uriah, were the two great twin sins of his life, but one of the things that made the murder of Uriah so grotesque was the fact that Uriah was Hittite, doggedly loyal to David. Even when David got him drunk to help cover up his sin, Uriah stayed true to his cause—and in that moment, better to be Uriah drunk than David sober.”
American Milk and Honey, pp. 104-105
“Not only would we be saved from their treachery
And from all of their lies and crafty deceits,
But we also ask You to be gracious to them,
Saving them from their treachery, lies, and deceit.”
21 Prayers, p. 22
“The single biggest controversy in the New Testament church was over whether a person could become a Christian without becoming a Jew first, and so the first great ecumenical council was held to respond to the question.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 101
Introduction: This image is real, and not Grok related. And as one of my grandsons put it, "Words cannot describe how much I love American politics." So what are we to make of the first week ...
“Antisemitism is abut the most anti-gospel frame of mind that can be imagined. And among professed worshipers of Jesus ben David, it is also the silliest. Christ is the Lord of Israel, and this is why He is the Lord of the new Israel as well.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 99
“And so I pray now that You would protect us,
With all such prayers being based on the fact
That You require them and gave us the psalms—
Psalms that we know we do not deserve praying,
Much less in this way, which is part of the point.
We therefore offer them in Jesus’ name.”
21 Prayers, p. 19
Letter to the Editor: Re: antisemitism and the "woke right"I have to confess I was initially puzzled as to your characterization of antisemitism and hard right nationalists as the "woke right." ...
“I ask that our service would be potent and powerful
In administering death—the kind of great death
That is followed by grace, by great resurrections.”
21 Prayers, p. 17
“The Jews were the chosen nation, not in the sense of election to Heaven, but in the sense of a chosen pupil, selected to come to the front to show the rest of the class how the problem was to be solved. When that student does well, he is blessed. He is the class hero. When he messes up, he messes up in front of everybody. But the whole class is always involved.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 98
Introduction: In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the flush of that spectacular victory provided an opportunity for the secularists to make their move—and make it they most certainly ...
