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Monthly Archives: October 2012
TMOC: Epilogue (Updated)
The Mind of Christ is much more than simply classical Hebrew. Jesus was a real person, not some two-dimensional figure of mythology. He could be warm and gentle, or prickly and even violent as in cleansing the Temple. Most of … Continue reading →
TMOC 12. The Special Case of Peter
Some of the greatest miracles are the hardest to see until after a long period of time. Jesus must have had the patience of Job when it came to Peter. We can learn a great deal about the mind of … Continue reading →
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TMOC 11. Give Them Room
Efficiency and achievement are human values, not spiritual values. How would our children learn if we didn’t let them fail? How would they gain skills and confidence if don’t let them practice, taking much longer than we would on the … Continue reading →
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TMOC: Program Notes
I’ve not had a lot of input on this book, so far. A few of you have been quite helpful, with suggestions of things which we should cover, but no substantial reactions beyond a slew of “likes”. Apparently my writing … Continue reading →
TMOC 9: Parables and Miracles
Throughout His ministry, Jesus spent a great deal of time teaching in parables. Even when it was easy enough to state things in more common terms, He insisted on using parables and symbolic speech. His disciples were vexed by this … Continue reading →
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TMOC 8: Rolling with the Roles
In Hebrew language and culture, context is everything. Sometimes a person’s actions or words might be inappropriate because it was tantamount to assuming prerogatives from a role they couldn’t claim. A typical Hebrew response would be to correct impertinence by … Continue reading →
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Zephaniah — Intro and Chapter 1
Intro The great-grandson of King Hezekiah, Zephaniah was part of the royal clan, a near relative to King Manasseh under whose reign he was born. This was the infamous king who drug Judah into every imaginable form of idolatry and … Continue reading →
TMOC 7: All in the Family
We know Jesus possessed a prophetic insight. Some of His decisions arise directly from that, but this does not remove the purely human motives which surely fed into some of those choices. Too often Western Christians paint the scenes of … Continue reading →
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TMOC 6: Messianic Expectations
(I debated including this, so I’d like some feedback as to whether my readers think it matters.) We simply cannot hope to understand some of the events and conversations in the Gospels without realizing just what the Jews had in … Continue reading →
TMOC 5: Background
(Offered as the proposed fifth chapter to our Open Source book, The Mind of Christ.) In Western minds, there are two concepts typically regarded as mutually exclusive: God’s sovereignty and human free will. At the very least it requires mental … Continue reading →
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