Category Archives: Bible Study
A Reflection on Naaman
The first reading fro this Sunday’s worship service is taken from 2 Kings 5:1-14 and concerns a mighty man named Naaman who is stricken with leprosy. Because it also deals with a man with leprosy, the gospel provides a nice bookend for this lection, but I will deal with it in a later post, maybe [...]
The Akedah – Kierkegaard and Protecting God
Note: If you haven’t already done so, you may want to read the first post in this series: The Akedah – The Binding of Isaac ———- Perhaps the most famous of reflections on this passage of scripture comes from Soren Kierkegaard in his book “Fear and Trembling.” After an introduction, four “retellings” of the story [...]
Faith and Faith Alone.
"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ His son replied, ‘I don’t want to,’ but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He [...]
