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The Authority of the Bible Part 3: The Purpose of God’s Authority in the Bible

Posted on April 25, 2015 by John Valade

This post continues a series of reflections on a lecture given by N. T. Wright about the authority of the Bible. To this point we have looked at how the church has tried to make the Bible into things it … Continue reading →

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The Authority of the Bible Part 2: The Character of God’s Authority

Posted on April 24, 2015 by John Valade

It was with good intention that I began this session with an example from N. T. Wright’s lecture about the authority of the Bible. Because of its surprising detail about God’s workings and what he allows his angels to do, … Continue reading →

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The Authority of the Bible – Part 1: The Problem

Posted on April 21, 2015 by John Valade

We have been spending a few Wascana Fellowship services examining some of the points N. T. Wright makes in a lecture entitled “How Can the Bible Be Authoritative?” In this lecture he notes that many of the ways we believe … Continue reading →

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N.T. Wright on the Holy Spirit

Posted on December 1, 2012 by John Valade

Today at our fellowship meeting I did something a little unusual. I read, verbatim, an address by N.T. Wright from 2005. He spoke at the inaugural Fulcrum Conference in Islington April 29. We found his take on how the Holy … Continue reading →

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The Kingdom and the Cross

Posted on March 5, 2011 by John Valade

One thing that was pointed out to me early in my Biblical Studies course on the Gospels and Acts is that Jesus talks about some things that Paul never seems to mention. The primary example of this is that Jesus … Continue reading →

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