Category Archives: Bible study

CORR Understanding Racism Workshop in October

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Congregations Organizing for Racial Reconciliation (CORR) is an initiative of Madison Square Church, Coit Community Church, and Church of the Servant. Our vision is to build a community of churches and Christian organizations who are agents of reconciliation. The facilitators … Continue reading →

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Ruth Padilla DeBorst on Immigration or The Movement of Peoples

Posted on April 1, 2010 by

Speaking at last year’s Intervarsity Urbana conference, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, General Secretary of The Latin America Theological Fellowship in San Jose, Costa Rica, taught that Jesus recruits people on the move. Using real life stories about immigrants today along with … Continue reading →

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Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil on John 4 and her friend Sam

Posted on January 16, 2010 by

BB Dr. Salter McNeil expounds on the Samaritan woman in John 4 and how it relates to the Christian witness today.

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My Recommended Bible Browser

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

I have used the Oremus Bible Browser on a number of occasions to find and study various passages of Scripture. It is a straightforward Bible Search engine without all the clutter of ads and other extras. Here’s the link if … Continue reading →

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Online Reflection Guide

Posted on October 2, 2007 by

Recently, I stumbled upon a site called, Sacred Space, that in my opinion provides a very worthwhile daily guide for prayer along with a Scripture reading and guided reflection questions. In order to remember to use it on a daily … Continue reading →

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What’s So Amazing About Grace?

Posted on August 29, 2007 by

I am nearly finished reading this remarkable and enlightening book by Philip Yancey on the subject of God’s grace. In What’s So Amazing About Grace?, Yancey once again unveils the reality and meaning of such an important, yet often misunderstood, … Continue reading →

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Good News of Cosmic Proportions!

Posted on August 15, 2007 by

Bob Robinson has written quite a useful and somewhat in-depth–for the Internet that is–piece on the predicament that the Gospel solves, i.e., the lack of Shalom in all of God’s creation. I agree with him that the Good News is … Continue reading →

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Article on Shalom as Vision for God’s People

Posted on July 12, 2007 by

Professor Jeannine Brown, Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota has a very well written article which is posted on the school’s “Anti Racism and Reconciliation” site. It is well worth reading and copying–which I … Continue reading →

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