Review of “The Blue Parakeet” – #4
Reading the Bible as story is critical, McKnight argues, because “context is everything.” That is, the meaning of texts, especially of “blue parakeet” texts, is… Read More »Review of “The Blue Parakeet” – #4
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Chris Altrock is an author, spiritual director and preacher, serving as the Senior Minister at the Stamford Church of Christ. He and his wife Kendra are parents to Jordan and Jacob.
Review of “The Blue Parakeet” – #3
This kind of reading requires three commitments, according to McKnight. First, we must commit to read Scripture as story. Second, we must commit to a… Read More »Review of “The Blue Parakeet” – #3
Review of “The Blue Parakeet” – #2
McKnight suggests that these “blue parakeets” in Scripture lead us to read the Bible in one of three ways. First, some “read to retrieve.” We “return… Read More »Review of “The Blue Parakeet” – #2
The Offering: What Happened When God Offered All (Rom. 12:1-2)
Steve Prothero is a Boston University professor and author of the book Religious Literacy.[i] When Prothero began teaching twenty years ago he found that few students could name the authors of the Christian Gospels. Fewer could name a single Hindu Scripture. Almost none could name the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. This concerned Prothero. He believes that many political conflicts in world history have had religious roots. Thus he feels it imperative for students to know something about the religions of the world. Most of his Boston University students, however, knew nothing. Thus, this non-Christian professor proposes in his book that students should be required take a course in Bible and World Religions before graduating from high school.
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