1. The Stinging Lessons of Matthew 22

    book
    10/30/23
    33 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Matthew 22 sees Jesus address Jewish legal debates. In the process, he makes disticntions between the Law and Gospel.
    The Stinging Lessons of Matthew 22

  2. The Life Is In the Blood

    book
    10/23/23
    28 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    How Leviticus 17 is a key passage for understanding atonement
    The Life Is In the Blood

  3. Calculus of Forgiveness"

    book
    10/17/23
    20 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    Christ reshapes what forgivness means and why it's important
    Calculus of Forgiveness

  4. When Myth Became Fact

    book
    10/11/23
    16 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Theology and history go hand in hand in the real person of Jesus Christ, making the truth of the Gospels profoundly human and powerfully meaningful.
    When Myth Became Fact

  5. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 4: Resurrection Mysteries

    book
    08/07/23
    23 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.
    Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 4: Resurrection Mysteries

  6. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 3: New Possibilities of Epistemology and Ontology

    book
    07/24/23
    24 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Only the resurrection of Jesus guarantees and facilitates divine presence and love to us as divine life for us.
    Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 3: New Possibilities of Epistemology and Ontology

  7. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 2: Wittgenstein’s Resurrection Principle

    book
    07/17/23
    14 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
    Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 2: Wittgenstein’s Resurrection Principle

  8. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People

    book
    07/10/23
    18 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
    Resurrection Life for Resurrection People

  9. Pastoral Presence Makes All the Difference

    book
    06/28/23
    13 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    Christ Jesus brings his word and presence to where you are and he is even willing to do so through the likes of your personally present pastor.
    Pastoral Presence Makes All the Difference

  10. Plagiarizing Jesus Part 3: The Endless Uses of the Lord's Prayer

    book
    06/12/23
    18 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    The Lord’s Prayer is liturgy and catechism, action and instruction, praxis and theology.
    Plagiarizing Jesus Part 3: The Endless Uses of the Lord's Prayer

  11. Plagiarizing Jesus Part 2: The Lord's Prayer as Catechesis

    book
    06/05/23
    15 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
    Plagiarizing Jesus Part 2: The Lord's Prayer as Catechesis

  12. Plagiarizing Jesus: The Gift of the Lord's Prayer

    book
    05/22/23
    12 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    The Lord’s prayer is a prayer in perfect accord with the will of God, and Jesus gifts it to us to plagiarize at will.
    Plagiarizing Jesus: The Gift of the Lord's Prayer
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