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Michael Pahl Blog
3w ago
The early Christians had written collections of Jesus’ teachings, sometimes called Logia Iēsou by scholars, that is, “Sayings of Jesus.” These sayings collections were for teaching about Jesus and for personal and communal spiritual formation. Over the past couple of ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
1M ago
Jesus says a lot of hard things. Some are things that are hard to understand. Some are things that are hard to do. A teaching of Jesus that definitely falls into the latter category is Luke 14:33: “None of you ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
1M ago
How do we know when Jesus is speaking figuratively and not literally? Apparently, when he uses violent imagery. That’s certainly the case on at least two occasions. First one? “Fire from heaven.” In Luke 12:49, Jesus says, “I have come ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
1M ago
What is Paul’s salvation story? No, I don’t mean his personal story of meeting Jesus and being called by him—though for Paul that story is part of the larger story I’m referring to. I mean Paul’s cosmic salvation story, his ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
3M ago
Advent always brings us to Mary, the mother of Jesus. As we await Jesus’ birth, we naturally walk with Mary as she awaits Jesus’ birth, as told primarily in Luke’s Gospel. We listen in on the Annunciation, the angel Gabriel’s ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
4M ago
It was a great question. “What do you think of Emmaus in the story?” This was Jarrod McKenna, asking the question of me on the InVerse podcast he hosts with Drew Hart. We were doing some creative reflection on Luke’s ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
4M ago
“God is on the throne.” The saying gets pulled out any time something happens that isn’t to our liking. A roadblock in a relationship. A cancer diagnosis. An unwanted election result. “Don’t worry. God is still on the throne.” It’s ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
5M ago
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of Donald Trump. In numerous social media posts, I’ve tried to tell it like it is with Trump. I’ve called out his misogyny and racism and pathological lying from the beginning. I’ve ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
5M ago
How did Jesus read his Bible, and what does that mean for how we should read ours? That’s the basic question behind The Word Fulfilled: Reading the Bible with Jesus, my latest book and my first in thirteen years. It ..read more
Michael Pahl Blog
5M ago
We’re hearing more about “Jesus-centred Christianity.” At least, I am. And I’m realizing that there are some very different understandings out there of what this means. How do I understand this? And what difference does this make? It needs to ..read more