Arguing with God
A friend recently quoted the first sentence of James McClendon’s three volume work of systematic theology: “Theology means struggle.” It’s a fitting phrase for this month of exploring difficult passages in the Bible. It’s a good reminder that our faith is not just about comfort and refuge, but about venturing…
Haggling with God
It’s “Difficult Passages” month and the midweek blog is an opportunity to talk not about those difficult biblical passages themselves, but about other passages that help us think about the difficult passages. Last week: Jacob wrestling with God. This week: Abraham haggling with God. Genesis 18:22-33 occurs right after Abraham…
God-wrestlers
Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, “Let me go, for…
Important Work
(This is my first foray into the world of mid-week blogging, so I apologize for turning it into a late-to-mid-week blog instead. If you’re anything like me, the weekend still feels far enough away that it might as well still be midweek. I welcome your comments.) A couple weeks…
An open tent
“To you who wakens all who sleep and stirs all those who slumber, who gives speech to those who cannot speak, who frees the captive and upholds the falling, who makes upright those bent down – to you alone we offer thanks.” This morning there are songs and chants of…
