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Unconditional Love
11.01.09 | Permalink | Comments Off on Unconditional LoveI’m taking some time to follow along through the Christian year using the new Mosaic Bible. This week’s readings for Pentecost Week 25: Nehemiah 9:5-37, Psalm 13, Romans 13:8-14, John 21:15-19, Romans 8:31-39. An extended speech we start with in Nehemiah is yet another god-smites-when-you’re-bad remake, this time by the lead priests who may be the ones who wrote […]
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mosaic bible, wilderness
The Wilderness
10.27.09 | Permalink | Comments Off on The WildernessI’m taking some time to follow along through the Christian year using the new Mosaic Bible. This week’s readings for Pentecost 24: Exod 3:1-22, Psalm 106-107, Acts 7:2-50, Luke 4:1-13, and Deut 8:1-20. This week’s theme is wilderness, and the readings include the burning bush, a recap of the entire Exodus story in both Psalms and Acts, and Jesus’ […]
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bible, christian year, lectionary, mosaic bible
Two new Bibles I like, and a question
Last week I did something I haven’t done in years—I bought two new Bibles! So far, I think I like them both quite a bit. The first one, and the one getting all the press, is the new Mosaic Bible. I’ve been calling this my new liberal artsy fartsy Bible, though the translation is the […]
