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Blog Entries by David Lose from 09/2012

Was Jesus a Jerk?

| Posted 09.06.2012 | Religion
Read More: Kingdom of God, God, Jesus, Grace, Scripture Commentary, Scripture Study, Christianity, Jesus Christ, Gospel of Mark, Religion News

Pious readers encountering this question may be shocked or offended. It borders on being disrespectful, even unseemly. Yet that's the question that kept coming to mind as I read the passage many preachers will be dealing with this coming Sunday.

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What the Bible Says - And Doesn't Say - About Women

| Posted 09.22.2012 | Religion
Read More: Amy Oden, Women, Proverbs, Revised Common Lectionary, Brent Strawn, Preaching, Evangelicals, Self-Esteem, Scripture Study, Slidepollajax, Video, Religion News

This Sunday countless girls will be sitting in church listening to this passage. How many will hear it interpreted not as one more ideal they can't live up to but instead as a powerful voice that invites them to imagine that they have worth in and of themselves, that they can do anything they set their minds to.

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