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Unconditional Love
I’m taking some time to follow along through the Christian year using the new Mosaic Bible. This week’s readings for Pentecost Week 25: Nehemiah 9:5-37, Psalm 13, Romans 13:8-14, John 21:15-19, Romans 8:31-39.
An extended speech we start with in Nehemiah is yet another god-smites-when-you’re-bad remake, this time by the lead priests who may be the ones who [...] -
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The Wilderness
I’m taking some time to follow along through the Christian year using the new Mosaic Bible. This week’s readings for Pentecost 24: Exod 3:1-22, Psalm 106-107, Acts 7:2-50, Luke 4:1-13, and Deut 8:1-20.
This week’s theme is wilderness, and the readings include the burning bush, a recap of the entire Exodus story in both Psalms and Acts, and [...] -
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Two new Bibles I like, and a question
Last week I did something I haven’t done in years—I bought two new Bibles! So far, I think I like them both quite a bit.
The first one, and the one getting all the press, is the new Mosaic Bible. I’ve been calling this my new liberal artsy fartsy Bible, though the translation is the solidly [...]
