Day: July 26, 2021

• New Perspectives, and Their Implications

  

  Our wonderful pastor preached on 2 Samuel 11:1-15 yesterday – from one perspective, “the familiar story of David and Bathsheba.” She pointed out that historically Christian readers have carefully protected the Great King David’s reputation, even here. The NRSV’s editorial heading reads “David commits adultery with Bathsheba.” Even though “commits adultery” presumes or assumes, and […]

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  July 26, 2021

  What happens at church

  Christian ideas and practices, hermeneutics, prophets and prophecy, stop bad exegesis, thinking about the Bible