The Stranger's Gospel: The Modern Magi

Quadra is the kind of place where you hear the oysters pop as you stroll down the beach, breathing in the fresh sea air. Vestiges of turbulent times are found in the cafeteria on the ferry from Campbell River. Under the ly lacquered trim, scrawled like a fossil, is an ancient peace symbol, or an upside down chicken track as the early locals saw it. From a table filled with laughter comes an anachronism of an early time, "That's really right on!" The slip doesn't go unnoticed, everyone groans. The men's hair is still long but groomed

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Matthew - A Good Story

Bev: So the literary device of Matthew - and this is really really summary stuff - we are let in on the story through direct speaking and being told about the characters. So we get to know the characters based on their traits and ultimately the story is woven through this telling of traits, i.e. Jesus' traits are described as obedient toward God and compassionate towards crowds. Jack Kingsbury talks about that there's round characters which is Jesus and the disciples. And what he means by that is that these characters have a variety of traits and sometimes they're conflictual.

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Spirit and Creation Transcript

We're going to start with Spirit in Creation. The bible is usually considered a story of redemption, with creation being a background or secondary story. But Clarke Pinnock argues that they are two very close and intertwined and both very important stories that are there. Even when we're reading redemption stories and parables in the Testament we're seeing the creation story is right beneath it. The Spirit is involved with both stories and we cannot take one without the other. This is what Pinnock says: “Creation is related to the reality of the Son and by incarnation the Son becomes

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