Amputated gifts?

49-second video

Some churches don’t want some of the gifts–isn’t that like the body of Christ amputating some members? Some churches don’t want other gifts and just collect members amputated from other churches. Don’t we all need one another to be one body?

Video interview: Jesus’s miracles and other accounts

Of my interview on miracles so far, this one has probably been the most concise and coherent (I make more sense in evenings than mornings!), with a focus on ancient background, philosophy, and so forth (though fewer stories and with no power point).

 

It’s 35 minutes and 37 seconds:

http://aqueductproject.org/craig-s-keener-miracles-the-credibility-of-the-new-testament-accounts/

Passion vs. legalism

1.06 minute video

Legalism is the misplaced attempt to earn salvation; but we can serve God instead out of passion, because (now that He has forgiven us in Christ) His heart fills our heart with desire for Him.