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Highlights from Philo, Plutarch, and Paul (Nov 21-22)

December 3, 2015by Max LeeComments on Highlights from Philo, Plutarch, and Paul (Nov 21-22)

Here in this post, I’m going to cobble together highlights from papers read from Saturday through Sunday (Nov 21-22) from various different sessions. Again, I won’t be discussing every paper but just the ones of…

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Ministry Can Be More Brutal than Boxing

May 24, 2014by Max LeeComments on Ministry Can Be More Brutal than Boxing

Continuing from my last post on Lucillius’ epigrams satirizing the viciousness of ancient boxing, I turn to 1 Cor 9:24-27 where Paul makes an explicit comparison of the athlete (runner, boxer) with the challenges of…

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The Earth Is the Lord’s… and a Beautiful Day in Chicago Can Be Miraculous

April 30, 2014by Max LeeComments on The Earth Is the Lord’s… and a Beautiful Day in Chicago Can Be Miraculous

Just when I blogged in my previous post about giving up my rights for the sake of serving others, I was also reminded that I need not rupture the theological tension between an ethics of…

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Epilogue on Idol Food: An Ethics of Pleasure in Theological Tension with the Freedom of the Christian

April 26, 2014by Max LeeComments on Epilogue on Idol Food: An Ethics of Pleasure in Theological Tension with the Freedom of the Christian

In my last series of posts, I wrote on how Paul engages with the Corinthian church and answers their questions concerning the permissibility and non-permissibility of idol food consumption (1 Cor 8-10). There I argued…

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Paul’s Theological Trump Card Concerning Idol Food: An Easter Sunday Message

April 20, 2014by Max LeeComments on Paul’s Theological Trump Card Concerning Idol Food: An Easter Sunday Message

Hope you are having a glorious Easter Sunday! Blessings! Consider it good timing, or Providence, but my wrap-up post on idol food fits well with the theme of Good Friday and Easter. I want to…

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The Presence of Christ at the Lord’s Supper and Pagan Sacramentalism

April 8, 2014by Max LeeComments on The Presence of Christ at the Lord’s Supper and Pagan Sacramentalism

Sorry for the delay between posts, but I have been scrambling now with the indices to the Seyoon Kim Festschrift and my taxes (the first a joy; the 2nd a real pain). But back to…

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Idol Food Is No Idle Business at Corinth

March 15, 2014by Max LeeComments on Idol Food Is No Idle Business at Corinth

Whew! Just turned in the proof’s for the Seyoon Kim Festschrift yesterday. That was brutal. I went through several pots of coffee and about a half-bottle of Advil to get this done… and all this…

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