Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 6: Remembering as a Sabbath Practice
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Remembering as a Sabbath PracticeLet’s take a few weeks to construct a 21st century Sabbath life style. That will mean discussing a modern application of the reasons the scriptures offer for observing a special day of the week. Some of my friends still practice…
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Lesson 5: Sabbath and the Loss of Blue Laws
Read MORE: Lesson 5: Sabbath and the Loss of Blue LawsIf you ask Christians my age to identify big changes that affected the Church in their life times, I bet most would mention elimination of the Blue Laws. Just about all of us remember with warmth when civil law prohibited…
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Lesson 4: How Jesus Kept the Sabbath
Read MORE: Lesson 4: How Jesus Kept the SabbathI think the comment John posted last week captures the gist of Jesus’ words concerning the Sabbath. He wrote, “The wealth we experience is embarrassing. Yet we always want more and find excuses not to give it away or find…
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Lesson 3: Sabbath, Wealth, and Rest for the Land
Read MORE: Lesson 3: Sabbath, Wealth, and Rest for the LandIf you had any doubts about the Sabbath commands being more than setting aside a special day for worship, take a look at how the commandment is explicated in other parts of the Torah. Exodus 23: 10-12 expands it to…
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Lesson 2: What the Torah Says About the Sabbath
Read MORE: Lesson 2: What the Torah Says About the SabbathOur project is seeking ways to observe the Sabbath Way of life in our technological society. Let’s begin by looking at the two versions found in the Ten Commandments. Respected scholars claim we should regard these as teachings or guidelines…
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Lesson 1: Introduction to a Sabbath Way of Life
Read MORE: Lesson 1: Introduction to a Sabbath Way of LifeI have attended many, many academic talks. An Anglican bishop at a Muhlenberg college commencement gave the best I’ve heard. He argued observing the Sabbath as a way of life enabled Christians to live with integrity in our technological society.…
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Lesson 10: Faith, Hope, & Love
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Faith, Hope, & LoveOne of the biggest dilemmas in our time is deciding what we should be doing. Science shows us what is going on, but not what should be changed. The present gridlock in government only reflects how much our society cannot…
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Lesson 9: Incarnation
Read MORE: Lesson 9: IncarnationAfter looking at the creation stories where Nature is declared “good,” then Visions of Hope where redemption includes the restoration of the proper relationship between God, humans, and Nature, and Torah Law that describes how we should be treating Nature;…
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Lesson 8: Visions of Hope
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Visions of HopeIt is not only the ancient Torah Law that teaches us to respect Nature. Biblical visions of hope picture God, humans, and Nature in perfect harmony when God redeems his creation. If that is the way things will be, then…
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Lesson 7: Torah Law
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Torah LawI have been surprised that so many responses to this series on Nature refer emotionally to climate change. They argue either that we are not following the data or that we do not have any conclusive data presently. None of…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!