The Lost Codex – Version 2

June 30, 2010

I have spent some time in looking at the V1.o of the Lost Codex and realize a couple things I would like to correct.  First, here is the existing LC.
Everyone!  As your fathers and the prophets have promised, I have come make everything right between you and God.  I have come to tell you of a new [...]

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Who Thinks this Strange Way?

June 28, 2010

I was asked, by my Father, if I am coming up with this stuff on my own.  I want to assure him that I am not alone in trying to recover this lost meaning from the scriptures.  Actually, I am very much an amateur in this pursuit and am writing this blog as an outlet [...]

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Romans Part 4

June 27, 2010

So far we have discussed the Paul, Jesus being the Messiah and a bit about the gospel.  Now I think we have enough background to start to get at what the letter to the Romans is saying.
Verses 5, 6 and 7
Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call [...]

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My Previous Church

June 27, 2010

To my friends.  I have taken down the post temporarily that discussing the reasons for my leaving Western Hanover Church at the request of a friend in that church.  I still stand by everything I said in that post and continue to caution anyone who wants to dedicate themselves to their mission because of the [...]

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Lost Codex – Loose Ends

June 24, 2010

In addition to the conversation (or monologue) I am posting on Paul and his letter to the Romans, I routinely play with the good people over at the Jesus Creed.  In the past couple days they have been discussing:
Christ and the Dragons – James Emery White thinks evangelicalism is teetering over a precipice, and his new [...]

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Romans Part 3 – The Gospel

June 23, 2010

In the first post I discussed the idea of Jesus being the Messiah, the king or leader that would come to herald in God’s kingdom in this world.  It was assumed that this was to be a human, a real king, not someone like Jesus.
In the second part I talked a bit about Paul.  Paul [...]

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Romans Part 2 – About Paul

June 21, 2010

In the first post of my series looking at the Epistle of Paul to the Romans I discussed a bit about the role of the messiah (the Christ) from a Jewish perspective.  Today, I want to talk about Paul himself since we need to understand some things about Paul before tackling his letter to the [...]

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Romans Part 1

June 18, 2010

Romans begins:
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared [...]

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The Lost Codex of Paul

June 15, 2010

I have been fascinated with the direction that Christianity has taken over the past couple decades.  As I have learned more and more about what it meant to be a Christian in first century Jerusalem I realize that many of the Christian churches have it totally wrong.
Last fall I was in a bible study group [...]

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A New Beginning..I think…

June 11, 2010

I am on the verge of a new beginning in this blog.  The reason is that I have recently resigned from my responsibilities at my church and am evaluating what I need to be doing in my spiritual life.  It’s not an easy decision.
Please pray for me, and pray for my former church.  I have [...]

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