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Bible & Theology

It's A Sin Problem?

The disciples telling Jesus about 5,000 hungry people— Jesus: “It’s not a food problem, it’s a sin problem.” The centurion asking Jesus

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Bible & Theology

Prayer Means Action

Everyone should hesitate before they pray for something if they are not willing to take some sort of action to help answer that prayer. If

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Bible & Theology

Open Communion at The Table

The Table Church practices open Communion, open even to those who don't follow Christianity. When we offer Communion we say, "Anyone who

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Bible & Theology

Did it make a difference?

(Easter Week Table Church Newsletter) Around Holy Week, that's a question I often find myself thinking about. Each year in the church (for

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Bible & Theology

How to Edit the Bible Like Jesus

I recently preached on two of Moses’ encounters with God. The first, in Exodus 3, Moses meets God at the burning bush. Moses, anticipating questions

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Bible & Theology

Exodus 14

Setting aside, briefly, the issue of divine violence in the Old Testament, I want you to notice this brilliant literary touch in Exodus. The book

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Pastoring

Two Years At The Table

I'm a day late on this, but it was 2 years ago on March 1 that I started my pastorate at The Table.

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Blog

My prayers are directed to two things today.

First, towards the people of Ukraine. “I don’t understand, I decidedly do not understand, why men can’t live without war.” “You would think

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Pastoring

4 Big Changes

The only thing that's constant is change. That's no less true at The Table Church. Below I'm going to

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Bible & Theology

Reading the Septuagint

For my morning devotions I have been reading the Septuagint. The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. 
Why read a translation instead

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