Jesus Speaks
So let’s look at the perfect instance in Matthew 5:48 with all this background information.
Read MoreApocryphal Perfection
There is a general streamlining of the idea of perfect into an end or goal based thought.
Read MorePerfect Negative Examples
I hope it’s not a surprise that the Hebrew scriptures present a multivalent understanding of perfection.
Read MoreA Realization
Jesus is calling out the idea of perfectionism—even the modern version of it—but we blow right past that.
Read MoreThe Structure is Flawed
This post is not in response to anything in particular, but a general reminder.
Read MoreTheoThorough: The "Pink" Advent Candle
Some general, ecumenical liturgical practices around that one candle on the Advent wreath.
Read MoreLectionary 20 B
Communion, cannibalism, and the entomology of a word no one else uses.
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