Translation
Here's my translation of excerpts from Romans chapter 8 for a responsive creed. There is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his own Son as a sacrifice for our sins. Therefore you have
Christmas Eve
Luke 1.26-38 (ESV, dramatized) Narrator: 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.
Liturgy
1. What does the word advent mean? The English word advent derives from the Latin ad “toward” + venīre “come”. So, advent indicates something coming (or approaching or proceeding) toward us. Most often, advent refers to the Messiah (Jesus Christ) coming to us. 2. When does the Messiah come to us?
Translation
4 Be miserable in the Lord always! Again I say, be miserable. 5 Let your harshness show in your treatment of all people. The Lord is far away. 6 Be anxious about everything. Pray to God about nothing. Be ungrateful to God. 7 Then turmoil — something we all understand — will
Ad-Ministration
Behind every thriving parish is an angel. On this mortal side of eternity, given our limited senses of perception, we call them “Parish Office Administrators”. But we know that they actually are angelic beings whom God sends us from the far side of eternity because they transcend both time and
music
I first set the Tennents' metrical version of Psalm 23 to Woodlands in 2020 — it has revolutionized how I interpret the psalm. You may buy their psalter here: https://my.seedbed.com/product/a-metrical-psalter/
intertextual
2 Kings 2 with excerpts from Psalm 104 and other Scriptures a responsive reading (ESV) Gilgal [2 Kings 2] 1 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said to Elisha,
More Like Jesus
Here I pair verses from John chapter 15 with Murray's commentary. Thanks to Dr. Todd Pokrifka and Dr. Junia Pokrifka of https://www.communitytransformation.org/ for introducing me to Andrew Murray's vintage devotional, The True Vine. John 15.1 (ESV) — “I am the true vine . . .” Andrew
intertextual
The return of the king to Jerusalem and to the throne in 2nd Samuel 20.3 — in the context of 19.8 to 20.22 — is David’s ‘resurrection’ after he willingly had gone into exile while his own son conducted an ill-fated insurrection. It was a hard-earned resurrection that
Emmaus
Intertextual Readings from 2nd Samuel and the New Testament on David and the Son of David with Examen for Good Friday Scriptures are ESV unless otherwise noted. 1st Station — The Anointed Blesses the Lame 2nd Samuel chapter 5 (NLT) — Jerusalem’s ‘blind’ and ‘lame’ arrogant pagans 6 David then led
intertextual
1 Samuel 5.1–7 Yahweh’s chest and Dagon 5.1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.
Translation
When it comes to looking for a functional/dynamic equivalent translation of the "love" chapter — perhaps for reading at a wedding where lots of Nones/Remixed may be in attendance — the 1972 J. B. Phillips version is actually quite good but I do have several concerns listed here,
