I’ve been teaching a lot of creation related stuff in RE lately. For those who don’t know, RE is ‘Religious Education’ at my children’s (public) school. It’s a privilege I have, but one I take very seriously. I don’t want to teach the kids (10-12 years old, for the most part) dogma, but I doContinue reading “Redeeming the Creation Story”
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REAL Men use the KJV
Looks like I’ll have to give up my girly NRSV using days. For the record, the verses he’s talking about are:I Samuel 25:22 ; I Samuel 25:34 ; I Kings 14:10 ; I Kings 16:11 ; I Kings 21:21 and II Kings 9:8 (Via Ship of Fools)
The Bible doesn’t say…
I’m sure we’ve all been in situations where we’re discussing some deep point of theology, and somebody will will try to slap you down with, ‘Well, the Bible says…’ Of course, 99% of the time the perfect answer doesn’t strike until the conversation’s over. There’s not much you can do about it, except go homeContinue reading “The Bible doesn’t say…”