The Colossians Christ poem (Colossians 1:15–20)
This post is inspired by a podcast episode (here) from Mike Bird’s Nazareth to Nicaea about the Christ Poem in Colossians 1:15–20. My apologies to Mike for (near-)plagiarism in places. He thinks this is one of the most important texts in the Pauline corpus, comparable to Philippians 2:6–11. The seven points below follow his. The […]
The pursuing God, review and summary (Part 1)
This is the first of three posts about Joshua Ryan Butler’s The pursuing God: A reckless, irrational, obsessed love that’s dying to bring us home (Nashville: W Publishing, 2016). It consists of a brief review, followed by a summary of Part One. The title is obviously a take-off of the many books with ‘Pursuing God’ […]