Eyes Opened
“Then how were your eyes opened?” Much like, “Who sinned?” the question binds itself to one way of seeing the…
What is Jesus’ abundant life all about?
We know that in John 10:10 Jesus says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (NRSV). But what does he mean?
That is the question I want to answer in this series of posts. I am exploring the cultural and grammatical context of the phrase, how the author uses the same words in other places, and possible modern applications.
The ultimate end goal is to write the book, Abundance Reconstructed, which invites the reader to consider what Jesus’ abundant life might look like on the other side of Christian deconstruction.
“Then how were your eyes opened?” Much like, “Who sinned?” the question binds itself to one way of seeing the…
“Who is this?” That’s the question asked when the man born blind and in God’s spitting image, the man who…
After covering the blind man’s eyes with mud, the one who God sent to continue the divine creative work sends…
After covering the blind man’s eyes with mud, the one who God sent to continue the divine creative work sends…
Jesus’ response to the man born blind moves to reveal him as someone made in the spitting image of the…
We are born in the void. We return there even after presence finds us. So how does God light up…
Before exploring where we ended last time before we consider how the man born blind uses his freedom, it is…
Is there a better question to ask about the man born blind? The disciples saw the man and from their…
Is there a better question to ask about the man born blind? The disciples saw the man and from their…
Like the meritocracy, victimhood is another way we seek to answer the question, “Who sinned?” The Lord God called to…
Like the meritocracy, victimhood is another way we seek to answer the question, “Who sinned?” The Lord God called to…
Last time we left off with the claim that an embrace of meritocracy is one of two primary ways we…