Reflections for

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jul 12, 2015

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19; Psalm 24; (Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85:8-13;) Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29

Cover Story

Erasing Hell

What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We’ve Made Up

By Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle

The Fire That Consumes

A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

By Edward William Fudge

Who Will Be Saved?

By William H. Willimon

A hopeful universalism

Why we can hope everyone will be saved

Jun 18, 2012 by Paul Dafydd Jones

God's "consuming fire" is the fire of holy love. It doesn't await sinners in the future; it burns up sin itself.

From the CCblogs Network

Blame the messenger

Dec 07, 2011 by James Sledge

It has not happened all that often, but on occasions someone has been upset enough with a sermon I've preached to call me up and complain.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Good, unpopular news

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19; Mark 6:14-29; Ephesians 1:3-14

Jul 06, 2009 by Nadia Bolz-Weber

I serve a funky little Lutheran congregation, a liturgical and sacramental emerging church. Someone recently asked, "Do you think the church you planted will, you know, get really big?"

Living by the Word

Concessions to convenience

Mark 6:14-29

Jun 30, 2009 by George C. Heider

The memory still fills me with shame. I was a junior in high school, and had joined the small group of guys that I usually ate lunch with in the cafeteria.

Living by the Word

Capital T

Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29

Jul 11, 2006 by G. Kevin Baker

The other day I was sitting in a coffee shop and couldn’t help overhearing an interesting and intense debate on the other side of the room. An older gentleman was trying his best to aid an inquisitive college student who had some hard-hitting questions. She asked about scripture, about authority and about the church. One question kept popping up: “What is the difference between truth for you, truth for me and truth with a capital T?”

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