I got floored with a new insight in preparing for a sermon on 2 Corinthians 5:11-17 last Sunday. In verse 17, the translations I’ve always read said something like this: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” (see the 1984 NIV, ESV, NASB, HCSB, and others). However, when doing some study on this . . . → Read More: Translating 2 Cor 5:17 – “he is a new creation” or “there is a new creation”?
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I grew up in Cupertino, so naturally, any time I see my hometown’s name, I jump. Like when it got brief screen in Forrest Gump when he buys some stock in a “fruit company.” So when the news arrived that Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56, I was shocked and saddened at the . . . → Read More: A Doubly Sad Day for Cupertino Right now I’m reading through Douglas Moo’s article ”Nature in the New Creation: New Testament Eschatology and the Environment,” and I ran across this summary of what he calls his “brief and admittedly simplistic” rendition of the “larger biblical story line”: The first humans, created in God’s image, failed to obey the Lord their God and brought ruin . . . → Read More: The Biblical Story Line in One Paragraph All the rage right now—especially in places like San Francisco—are organic and fair trade foods. Take a stroll through your local supermarket and you’ll find sections dedicated to organic fruits and vegetables, organic tea options, fair trade teas, coffees, and chocolates, organic milk, or hormone-free organic chicken. “Organic” means you’re getting healthy, wholesome foods that were . . . → Read More: We Shouldn’t Need the Terms “Fair Trade” and “Organic” I went to the lumber yard recently to pick up some wood in my attempt to build patio furniture, and I had a fascinating experience–they treated me just like any other customer. Now you have to imagine me in a big, industrial lumber yard in khakis and a hooded sweatshirt, looking like anything but a craftsman, . . . → Read More: Treating People Like People |
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