By Halden Doerge

• God, in Christ, has Earned it For Us by Halden Doerge (1/8/2010)
  [image] Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

  To many the baptism of the Lord has always seemed like something of an oddity. And if it mysterious to us why Jesus underwent baptism at the beginning of his ministry, we should remember that it was no less mysterious to John the Baptizer. W...
• Setting Nature on Fire by Halden Doerge (9/10/2009)
  [image] James 3:1-12 As a young person growing up in the evangelical church I remember always considering James to be my favorite book of the Bible. In reflecting back on why I found it so important at the time I think what drew me to James was the sort of clarity I seemed to find there. It is certainly n...
• On Receiving Gifts by Halden Doerge (7/31/2009)
  [image]by Halden Doerge (2 Sam 11:26–12:13a; Ps 51:1-12; Eph 4:1-16; John 6:24-35) The readings for this week offer an odd combi...
• The Metaphysics of Discipleship by Halden Doerge (8/1/2008)
  [image]Perhaps the recurring issue in discussions of Christian discipleship regards simply whether or not it is something that Christians should think they can actually do. Not long into the established church's history the notion became prominent that the ethics of Jesus, particularly as recorded in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7) and other prominent texts in the gospels (cf. Luke 6:17-46; 14...