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Here's my recent post on the economy and the power of questions at sojo.net.
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Countdown Day 32
No, we are reassessing as a humble act of ethical responsibility…. We are in fact following the example of our ancestors, who again and again from the margins did this very kind of collective self-examination and repenting. (27)
From A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith (available February 9, 2010)
"A new reformation is taking place in Christianity. Brian McLaren is one of its leading voices and A New Kind of Christianity is a roadmap for this reformation. This is a very important book." (Adam Hamilton, author of Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White and Senior Pastor, The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection.)
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Q & R: Bible translations
Here's the Q:
I met you after your speaking engagement at Fuller Theological Seminary. I mentioned how I was starting a community centered around "The Secret Message of Jesus" and I was having everybody read the book. A question arose that I would like to clarify with you. Within the book scriptural quotations for the most part come from the NRSV. However, there are times in the book where a scripture is quoted from various other versions. One person asked why this is. From my experience studying the Word using exegetical analysis, it seems some versions translate the Greek words differently because much of the time Greek words have multiple layers of meaning. So, it seems to me that you would quote the version that translated a Greek word "more appropriately" than other translations. Is this correct? And can you please elaborate on this matter of word studies for exegetical papers I write in the future. Thank you very much.
Reply after the jump ...
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