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Category: Scripture Study
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Describing Is Not the Same as Endorsing
I remember sitting in a dim hospital corridor during a particularly long night shift, holding the hand of a man who had just lost…
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Difficult Passages Deserve Engagement, Not Avoidance
I remember sitting in a dim hospital corridor late one Tuesday, clutching a worn copy of Augustine, trying to find some semblance of logic…
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The Passages You Skip Are Informative
I remember sitting in a cramped, fluorescent-lit hospital waiting room years ago, clutching a heavy volume of 17th-century theological tracts that I absolutely detested.…
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Collecting Verses Is Not Building an Argument
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital room in the late nineties, the scent of antiseptic heavy in the air, listening to a young…
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Private Reading Needs Public Correction
I remember sitting in a drafty hospital chapel many years ago, the smell of floor wax and old hymnals hanging heavy in the air,…
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A Method With Assumptions Worth Knowing
I remember sitting in a dimly lit hospital ward late one Tuesday, listening to a man describe a profound sense of betrayal by the…
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Allegory Was the Default for Centuries
I remember sitting in a dim hospital corridor during a particularly long night shift, listening to a man try to make sense of his…
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Every Reading Comes From Somewhere
I remember sitting in a small, dimly lit hospital room years ago, holding the hand of a man who had spent his entire life…
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Different Traditions Draw the Line Differently
I remember sitting in a dim hospital corridor late one Tuesday, listening to a young man weep because he felt the scriptures he’d been…
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Recognition Took Longer Than Most People Assume
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital room in the late nineties, holding the hand of a man who had spent his entire life…