Luke 14: 15-24 (NRSV) One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his servant to say to those [...]
Archive for February, 2012
COME TO WORSHIP
Posted in Oneonta Congregational Church on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pillars of the Church and Allegories
Posted in Oneonta Congregational Church on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One woman, in fact, is Hagar, from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery. (Gal 4:24 NRSV) Every now and again it is good to think about how one interprets the Bible. Congregationalism is a direct descendant of the Protestant Reformation. Paul here uses the [...]