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People Over Productivity (opens the original)
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I recently began reading a fascinating book by a relationship psychologist named Eli Finkel, The All-Or-Nothing Marriage. One part of the reading that caught my attention was his sketched history of how marriages have changed over the last two millennia. Before the 1850s, Finkel argues, most marriages were primarily forged around shared basic needs like food, shelter, and protection. During this time, the family had few social programs outside of itself to support it. So the family served as the
When Jesus Touches Things (opens the original)
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This week, I started teaching a Wednesday evening theology class for people in our congregation. As I stood up to lecture, I was reminded of a subtle yet noticeable shift in my inner life as a teacher that has been unfolding over the last few years. For the first time, I feel content when I teach. This is a new experience for me. When I first started teaching nearly two decades ago, I felt almost oppressed by some lingering sense of unease in whatever classroom I was teaching in. I’d always wish
Neither This Mountain nor That (opens the original)
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In the prophetic book of Jonah, the prophet ran from God in chapter one. After being swallowed by the fish following the whole ordeal of the violent storm, Jonah sits in the darkness. He is in the belly of the fish. And he wonders what will happen next. As he lies in wait, Jonah writes a song. The song is worth repeating in its fullness here:“In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.You hurled me into
The Good Selfishness (opens the original)
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Christianity offers many promises. As the reader soon discovers, Scripture repeatedly tells us what happens to human beings when they enter into a life with God through faith. When we seek God through faith, we are told we will find God (Jer. 29:13), we will please God (Heb. 11:6), we will learn that Jesus’ teachings are true (Jn. 7:17), we will experience endless love (Jn. 17:3), we will know God personally (Jn. 17:3), and we will be overwhelmed with his nearness because we have come near (Jas.
Not For Credit (opens the original)
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Every other spring, I teach an entire 16-week course on the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament. The letter is a banquet of fun. The theology is rich, the allusions are mind-blowing, and the language is outstanding. The Greek of Hebrews is by far the most sophisticated and nuanced in the New Testament. It’s an incredible letter. Yet one of the more perplexing (one could even say frustrating) elements of the letter is that there is almost no hint as to who wrote it. The author never names
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