This Coming Week in Word from the Bird

Preview of Blog Posts 2-7 August

Hi everyone, this week at Word from the Bird I’ll be sending you:

Monday: Why Biblicism is Bad! (Subscribers)
Nobody truly has the Bible as their only authority, no matter how much they say they do, nobody does it truly. Everybody is shaped by tradition, culture, and their own story. What is more, while the Bible is the supreme authority for the Christian life and for belief, it is not the only authority for life and belief. Something that needs to be born in mind!

Wednesday: Christian Masculinity After Mark Driscoll (Free sign-ups)
In our post-Mars Hill church wrap-up, we can call out Driscoll’s narcissism and misogyny, but why were so many men attracted to his ministry? What is the gap in male experience and even Christian manhood that needs to be filled? How do we fill it with something better?

Friday: Philemon and Justification by Faith (Free sign-ups)
A short lesson on how Paul’s letter to Philemon illustrates justification by faith!

Saturday: Messiah in the Old Testament (Free sign-ups)
Ridley on-line tutor Daniel Zeunert reviews God’s Messiah in the Old Testament: Expectations of a Coming King edited by Andrew T. Abernethy & Gregory Goswell.