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Advent 4–Reading Isaiah (cont.)

December 23, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Reading great chunks of Scripture can bring surprising gifts. Don’t get me wrong: I’m also a big believer in spending time with very small passages. I’m passionate about the value of classical lectio divina for instance. But I’ve been reading through the sixty-six chapters of Isaiah during Advent (Here are weeks 1, 2, and 3). Taking this book […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year Tagged With: Isaiah, Servant songs

Advent 2–Reading Isaiah (cont.)

December 11, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Funny things happen when reading Isaiah if (a) you are a Christian and (b) you have a theological education in a mainline Protestant tradition. (a) As a Christian, there is a whole lot of Isaiah, like the series of oracles to the nations (see chapters 13 and following), that just seems like hard slogging. The references […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Theology Tagged With: Advent, Christian use of the Old Testament, Emmanuel, God with us, Immanuel, Isaiah, Isaiah 7:14, Typology

Advent 1–Reading Isaiah

December 1, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

I’m setting out to read Isaiah again this Advent: 25 days to read 66 chapters. It shouldn’t be a problem but, what with a pile of grading running into preparation for the looming new semester, holiday gatherings, and a sinful nature I seldom seem to reach the end in time. My ancestors in the Reformed tradition jettisoned […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year Tagged With: Advent, Advent 1, First Sunday of Advent, Isaiah

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