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Lenten Readings: Day 6
Faithful The theme in the text today is faithfulness. Moses was faithful, Jesus was faithful, and we who follow Jesus are called to be faithful. Hebrews 3.1-11 Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, … Continue reading
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Lenten Readings: Day 5
Atonement In this week after the First Sunday in Lent we read some passages from the Letter to the Hebrews. Hebrews is an anonymous letter, although it was sometimes attributed to Paul. However, early manuscripts do not have such an … Continue reading
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Lenten Readings: Day 4
Snapshot Titus 3.1 is a favourite one of rulers, as they could direct their clergy to preach on it. Rulers, such as James VI & I liked it, because it gave him the final word. Biblical scholars see this as … Continue reading
Lenten Readings: Day 3
Submission to Power I once had a conversation with Trudy Lebens when she and I were both clergy in the Diocese of Niagara. She had been around for a few years and I had been ordained just two or three, … Continue reading
Lenten Readings: Day 2
Discord In the “epistle” text for the Daily Office Lectionary (see below) today I am brought head to head with discord among God’s people. First, there is substantial modern disagreement about whether this is in fact by Paul. Most New … Continue reading
Lenten Readings: Ash Wednesday
Discipline For Lent I am going to reflect on and daily blog about the second reading from the Daily Office (i.e. the list of scriptural readings from the Book of Alternative Services for the Anglican Church of Canada for Morning … Continue reading
An Introduction to Levinas (Part Five-B)
Insomnia Note: This is the second half of the fifth part in an ongoing commentary on Emmanuel Levinas’s essay “God and Philosophy” (1974). It’s longer than usual. This next paragraph is even more dense than usual, so I will take … Continue reading
An Introduction to Levinas (Part Five-A)
Spirits of the West Note: This is the first half of the fifth part in an ongoing commentary on Emmanuel Levinas’s essay “God and Philosophy” (1974). The Priority of Ontology and Immanence 5. We have said that for Western philosophy … Continue reading
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An Introduction to Levinas (Part Four)
Beyond the Polarity of Faith and Reason Note: This is the fourth part in an ongoing commentary on Emmanuel Levinas’s essay “God and Philosophy” (1974). 4. One can, to be sure, also claim that the God of the Bible has … Continue reading
An Introduction to Levinas (Part Three)
A Destruction of Transcendence 3. Philosophical discourse must therefore be able to embrace God of whom the Bible speaks – if, that is, this God has a meaning. But once thought, this God is immediately situated within the “gesture of … Continue reading
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