Parable of the Seed (Mark 4:26-29)

A new posting in the Mark series at Rom Phra Khun Bible.  I want to continue to encourage regular readers (and irregulars too!) to follow the Mark series.  One of the things we in the Protestant mainline (a.k.a. oldline) must do if we are to regain a sense of being a faith movement is to figure out how the Bible fits into the equation of a contemporary faith.  One important element in that task is discovering the historiographical nature of the gospels, which is what these postings at Rom Phra Khun Bible seek to do.

Mean-spirited Messiah (Mark 4:10-12)

A new posting in the Mark series at Rom Phra Khun Bible.

More Thoughts on the Parables

A new posting in the Mark series at Rom Phra Khun Bible.

Following Up On Mark

Two days ago, I announced a new member of the Rom Phra Khun family, Rom Phra Khun Bible and moved the long series of postings on the Gospel of Mark there.  It turns out that only one of you (out of an average of 30-50 readers a day) followed the series of reflections on Mark to its new home.  Very clearly, I have failed to communicate the importance of such exercises as that series for the church in the early 21st century.  One of the things we must do in the 21st century is to discover new ways of looking at scripture.  If we don't, the church will become an increasingly isolated right wing religious sect out of touch with contemporary society and its needs—out of touch with reality, actually.  For us as Protestants, re-engaging with the Bible in ways that make sense is one key way of rediscovering the significance of our faith in the new ages that are going to come tumbling down on the human race at an ever-accelerating rate.  The Mark series of postings grappling with the historical and theological nature of that book are one very humble attempt to reengage with scripture.

So, let me invite you, patient RPK readers, to give Rom Phra Khun Bible a look and, from time to time, check on the progress of the Gospel of Mark postings.  They have a purpose.  Thanks.  Herb

Sending Mark off to a New Blog

Lion of St. Mark, Piazza San Marco, Venice

That's enough for the Gospel of Mark, at least here at Rom Phra Khun.  What I've decided to do is to start a new blog and continue the Mark series of postings there (there's another 40-some to go!).  I've named the new blog Rom Phra Khun Bible.  Rather than try to keep posting something here at Rom Phra Khun every day, I'll move back and forth between the two blogs and keep readers here notified when a new posting appears at Rom Phra Khun Bible.  For the time being, I plan to post here M-W-F and maybe Sunday and there T-Th-S.  We'll see how it goes.

So, I encourage readers to check out the new blog.  It looks very different from this one.  But both share the same ultimate goal, which is to continue to chew on matters that matter, especially ones that have to do with faith in Christ.