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The Dating Game: How I Learned All I Needed to Know in Preaching Class (and no, it wasn't because I was the only girl in class)

By Jamie Lath - Posted on September 24th, 2009
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Exegetical. Theological. Homiletical. Dating.

What do these words have in common? Well, pretty much nothing, at least you’d think so—if you’ve even heard of all four words.

The first three words (in that order) form a tool I learned in preaching class to take a passage of the Bible and make it into a spot-on sermon. The last word, well, they didn’t talk about that much in seminary, even though we did.
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I Love a Good Myth

By Heather A. Goodman - Posted on February 13th, 2009
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The Bible is not a book of moralities. The Bible is the ultimate myth. Now, before I am misquoted and extracted from context (although, to be honest, I am not famous enough to warrant quoting or misquoting), let me explain what I mean; let me define myth.

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What's It All About, Alfie? Contextual Theology, Part One

By Heather A. Goodman - Posted on November 7th, 2008
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Ever wonder why the greeters at the doors of your church don't welcome you with a smack on the lips? (In 2 Corinthians 13, Paul exhorts the believers to greet one another with a holy kiss.) Or why we don't share everything in common as the brothers and sisters in Acts 2 did?

All of us practice contextual theology. Contextual theology recognizes that:

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