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Reading the “Secret” Language of the Word of God

BIBLICAL LITERALISM VIOLATES BIBLICAL TRUTH. Retired Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong calls it heresy. Literal interpretations of biblical texts miss the mark because they assume most of the texts are straightforward reports of facts. In doing so, such interpretations ignore the literary genres of the texts they interpret. Let’s consider the literary genres present in …

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Soulfulness

DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, when we talk about the soul? Maybe not — probably not. In part because, whatever the soul is, it is ephemeral, elusive, even ineffable. That said, here are a couple of things that came up recently in my life and seem, upon reflection, to be surprisingly soulful. …

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