Day: November 27, 2020
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Shabbat shalom
The soul must not boast that it is more holy than the body, for only in that it has climbed down into the body and works through its limbs can the soul attain to its own perfection. The body, on the other hand, may not brag of supporting the soul, for when the soul leaves, […]
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Reflecting on James 2 1-13
We are studying James 2:1-13 for Sunday, November 29 (which is also the First Sunday in Advent); this is James’s critique of “partiality” in the church. [A few notes on this text are here.] Here are a few questions we might want to consider in our study of the text: Who seems to be the […]
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Studying James 2 1-13
We are studying James 2:1-13 for Sunday, November 29 (which is also the First Sunday in Advent), James’s stinging challenge to “partiality” in the church. Here [finally] are a few notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: We’ve done a lot of work with James recently, so we will likely remember off the top of […]
Matters of Interpretation 