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Notes From the Balcony: February 2008
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Saturday, February 23, 2008. Being Honest About the Bible, Pt. 3 - One Book, Two Views. In my second post in this series, I mentioned that the late Yale historian, Jaroslav Pelikan’s title question, Whose Bible Is It. Could be taken in more than one way. The book itself emerge...
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Notes From the Balcony: March 2008
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Friday, March 14, 2008. The advent of the American Idol. Top 12 and the first season when selections from the Lennon-McCartney songbook are available for performance, reminded me of a parable. Paul was kicked out of the band and the Beatles never happened! Frankly, I am simply...
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Notes From the Balcony: September 2008
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Friday, September 5, 2008. Not much else needs to be said. I will be glad when our two candidates actually debate each other. Maybe we can move beyond the cute side shows. Maybe if Giuliani had read the paper, he wouldn’t have looked so elitist tonight. What Others are Saying.
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Notes From the Balcony: June 2007
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Sunday, June 24, 2007. The problem with Citing Scripture. When our family lived and worked in. Let me call your attention to the attached article by Wendy Farley , Homosexuality and Gospel Christianity. As it addresses this concern. (See upper left - What Others Are Saying.
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Notes From the Balcony: May 2008
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Standing for the Gospel. So does your congregation stand for the reading of the Gospel? A friend who knows that I am interested in this subject put me on to this wonderful video. Enjoy! Are those four texts privileged? You would not be surprised that a st...
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Notes From the Balcony: July 2008
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Friday, July 11, 2008. Does Wesley’s notion of going on to perfection include taking three-tenths of a second off my 50 meter freestyle personal best time? The drama that went on in. 8230;”the agony of defeat! Our friend Eric will swim. We know so many of these kids – my...
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Notes From the Balcony: September 2007
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Sunday, September 30, 2007. Be Thou My Vision. Sometimes YouTube can have precious gifts. This week I need this. My youngest son just let me know that a fellow swimmer and friend of his has passed. N memory of Jeff Anderson. Thanks to RevGal's blog ring for the connection.
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Notes From the Balcony: August 2007
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Friday, August 31, 2007. Taking a Second Look at Paul. Three years ago, we had a group meeting at our church, mainly men – not that the women were uninterested in Paul, but apparently they were not interested in us! We called the group “Raw Paul”. As many prophets had longed f...
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Notes From the Balcony: Olympic Trials
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Notes from the Balcony. Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. - N.T. Wright. Friday, July 11, 2008. Does Wesley’s notion of going on to perfection include taking three-tenths of a second off my 50 meter freestyle personal best time? The drama that went on in. 8230;”the agony of defeat! Our friend Eric will swim. We know so many of these kids – my...
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