Category Archives: Bible

SERMON – “Who?” (Mark 14)

Posted on April 25, 2011 by admin

Received very strong positive feedback on this short meditation for our Maundy Thursday service. “Who?” Mark 14 Richard M. Wright University Baptist Church / Church of the Nations Maundy Thursday April 21, 2011 Great pizza last Saturday evening. After we … Continue reading →

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Holy Play (or) S-, part I

Posted on April 13, 2011 by admin

Originally published in The Window, October 10 2006 Holy Play (or) S-, part I Richard M. Wright (The S- is going somewhere. Trust me.) There is a theme – a theological theme that requires a change in how we live … Continue reading →

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SERMON – “Will Roll Away (Y)our Stone” (John 11)

Posted on April 13, 2011 by admin

I regard myself as at best an adequate preacher. But the positive feedback from last Sunday was especially strong. One of my volunteer ministers – a retired attorney – said “that was one of the 3 or 4 best sermons … Continue reading →

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The psychology of evil and the confluence of sin and death (or) The orthodox theology of Tolkien, part I

Posted on March 10, 2011 by admin

I have never entirely understood the connection(?) between sin and death. Let me confess that I am not much of a Satanologist. What do I mean by that? That in my understanding and teaching of the Christian faith do not … Continue reading →

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A few rejoinders to recent On Faith articles on sex and marriage in the Bible

Posted on February 11, 2011 by admin

Jennifer Wright Knust is a professor of New Testament and Christian origins at Boston University. She has attracted some attention lately for her series of articles on sexuality and marriage in the Bible. These have appeared in the “On Faith” … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s exceptional speech in Tucson

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

I admit not looking forward to hearing/reading the President’s speech at the memorial service in Arizona. Ace of Spades HQ had mixed reactions. My excellent friend Jonathan called it the “best speech of his life”. So grit my teeth and … Continue reading →

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Hopko on the Old Testament (or) I just wasted fifty bucks on a lousy Bible translation?!?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by admin

Needed to get by this weekend a Bible to present to my fellow minister on the occasion of her ordination this evening. She recently said something about “really need to read the Apocrypha” so found a nice New Revised Standard … Continue reading →

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Thoughts about resurrection in light of Luke 20 and science-fiction

Posted on November 5, 2010 by admin

Luke 20 is one of the lections for this Sunday the 24th Sunday of Pentecost year C. Bet you didn’t buy a greeting card for that. The famous and in fact only exchange between Jesus and the Sadducees in the … Continue reading →

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SERMON – “In the year that died” (Isaiah 6)

Posted on September 30, 2010 by admin

Ed – this Bible reading has been on my mind. Not because of the church budget weirdness of this week – and the concern I would need to find another job/position and soon – but because of a book idea … Continue reading →

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When you can no longer understand what you wrote (or) the Algernon Effect

Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin

From Wikipedia “the fount of all wisdom and knowledge”*: Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of … Continue reading →

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