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The Dubious Disciple

Book Reviews and Theological Rants of a Liberal Christian

The Dubious Disciple

Book Reviews and Theological Rants of a Liberal Christian

Category: Bible Commentary

Thought-provoking commentary on various Bible verses

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1 Corinthians 2:14-1, The Mind of Christ

, April 7, 2015

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has…

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John 20:9, The Mystery of the Resurrection

, April 5, 2015

For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. //In the spirit of mystery–for the resurrection story is a great mystery, whether we claim to know what happened or not–I present today’s verse. I honestly don’t know what to make of it, I’ve…

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The Cult of Women, Part II of II

, April 4, 2015

Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? //Did yesterday’s post leave you thinking that women were as common as men among the leaders of the early Jesus movement? It’s hard to say. Yet…

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Matthew 27:55, The Cult of Women, Part I of II

, April 3, 2015

And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him. //Today’s verse tells how, at Jesus’s crucifixion, it was his female followers who witnessed his death. All of the male disciples had run away. (John’s Gospel tells of the “beloved disciple” standing by, which…

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Mark 6:51, Escalating Worship

, March 28, 2015

And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. //Mark was the first Gospel written, about 70 CE. Then came Matthew, Luke, and John, probably in that order. When the Gospels are ordered chronologically, it’s…

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Matthew 7:21, Who Enters the Kingdom?

, March 24, 2015

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. //Sometimes the contradictions in scripture are subtle and other times they are direct. But sometimes they simply highlight the silliness of…

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2 Corinthians 11:32-33, Paul Escapes in a Basket

, March 23, 2015

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. //Luke, when writing about this event in Acts 9:23-25, tells us…

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Luke 23:34, Forgiveness of Sins

, March 21, 2015

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. //One of the big arguments in the early centuries of the Church was this matter of whether God would forgive. Marcion, for example, felt that the Old Testament God of hatred should be stricken from the Bible….

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John 14:12, Greater Works than Jesus?

, March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. //Those who follow after Jesus will do greater works than Jesus? Is that really what this…

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Matthew 2:15, Called Out of Egypt

, March 10, 2015

And [Jesus, Mary and Joseph were] there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. //Jesus was apparently from Nazareth, but prophecy foretold that Israel’s savior would be born in…

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