tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559899446967884295.post6856978078132639087..comments2023-11-05T04:30:12.604-08:00Comments on Queer Eye for the Lectionary: Sunday, July 27, 2008: Reflections on RCLLouieCrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14397282343672792365noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559899446967884295.post-149681736377359632008-07-24T21:02:00.000-07:002008-07-24T21:02:00.000-07:00Yes, biblical patterns of matrimony aren't quite t...Yes, biblical patterns of matrimony aren't quite the sorts of things you'd think we should be copying in the 21st century, but conservatives never seem to stop talking about how they're so much preferable to (*shudder*) same-sex relationships. Are we sure we're all reading the same Bible?The Religious Pícarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620636294081499041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559899446967884295.post-64377067513962481142008-07-24T16:44:00.000-07:002008-07-24T16:44:00.000-07:00Louie, your objectionable content is marvelous!!!!...Louie, your objectionable content is marvelous!!!!!Kirkepiscatoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651684515435040529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559899446967884295.post-68608921713416978922008-07-24T10:52:00.000-07:002008-07-24T10:52:00.000-07:00The nice thing about your exegesis, Louie, is that...The nice thing about your exegesis, Louie, is that you haven't tried to make it all nice and neat. In fact, you've gotten it messier than most of us ever think to do! Thank you for that and ditto the comment about keeping this up. I'm adding you to a very short list of sermon prep sites.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722745745959393813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559899446967884295.post-58120176389575073692008-07-23T17:22:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:22:00.000-07:00Welcome Louie to the blogosphere! You're duly book...Welcome Louie to the blogosphere! You're duly bookmarked in my folder, 'Religious Resources,' and I am sure I will visit you often.<BR/><BR/>love, LeeCaminantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610142955176992982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559899446967884295.post-22353463704226095852008-07-22T17:52:00.000-07:002008-07-22T17:52:00.000-07:00When Mark Harris posted about your new blog, I act...When Mark Harris posted about your new blog, I actually cheered!<BR/><BR/>I loved your take on this story---I had never thought about the "eyes wide shut" aspect of it...<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the blogosphere, Dr. Crew. It will be a richer place for your presence.<BR/><BR/>Pax,<BR/>Doxy<BR/><BR/>P.S. I laughed when I clicked from Fr. Harris' site and got a disclaimer that there might be "objectionable content" on this blog. If this is what counts as "objectionable," I say we need a lot more of it!Wormwood's Doxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882756844690851674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559899446967884295.post-59233247852216631552008-07-22T15:11:00.000-07:002008-07-22T15:11:00.000-07:00I am not going to go look it up again tonight but ...I am not going to go look it up again tonight but my recollection is that in Horst Balz’s <I>Exegetical Dictionary of the Greek New Testament</I> it says that <B>basilea</B> – here translated <B>kingdom</B> – is a procedural, rather than a political description. Not <B>basilea</B> as a political entity, the Roman empire, the Persian empire, but <B>basilea</B> as imperial polity – this is the way the Romans do things, this is the way the Persians do things. So, the kingdom of heaven – basilea ouranos – is the way God does things. God’s polity. The ultimate ground of reality underlying everything...<BR/><BR/>I hope you will take note of the silliness of sowing mustard in a field – a noxious weed, huge, covered with seeds. In the kingdom of heaven, God throws some huge, unholy process into our ordered world and spreads the fertile seeds of growth and unpredictability. <BR/><BR/>Louie, I'm so glad you are writing comments on the lectionary. Keep writing!<BR/><BR/>Pamela Grenfell Smith<BR/>Bloomington, IndianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com