Archive for August 26th, 2007

Aug 26 2007

jephthah’s daughter

Published by Ethan Magness under Sermon Reflections

We had a sermon on Jephthah today. That takes guts. I have at least two reflections that I want to share. The second is about my response to the sermon. This was one of those times that the sermon connected with startling accuracy to the stuff in my life. I was moved and inspired and challenged and even a bit bruised by the sermon. But I want to process that side a bit more before a share. The first reflection I have to share is actually Continue Reading »

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Aug 26 2007

genre and galatians

Published by Ethan Magness under Bible Study, General

Ethan Magness to readers, greetings.

I wrote a couple of days ago about the power and usefulness of genre studies. This post will make more sense if you read that one, so you may want to check it out. You can find it here or look in the list of recent posts for “i love genre studies.”

I certainly don’t have time to talk about all the implication of genre studies. That is just as well since most of the time the real power comes out when you are ready to study a particular text. Continue Reading »

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