Am I my brother’s keeper?

I was looking through the book of Genesis and reading Victor Hamilton’s commentary on it.  I came to the point where Cain murders Abel, and Yahweh asks him, “Where is your brother?”  Cain’s answer has become a modern cultural retort: “Am I my brother’s keeper?”  Most of the time, when people say this (including me) the implied answer is “no.”  But is that the correct answer?
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What is the Emerging Church Movement? (2)

We’ve seen that the Emerging Church Movement is perhaps the most popular and influential Christian movement responding to the postmodern turn. But we still haven’t come to a conclusion, what is the Emerging Church Movement (ECM)? Here is my best understanding…
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Christian Discipleship in Matthew

On Wednesday I heard Dr. David Turner of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary provide an overview of discipleship in the Gospel according to Matthew. He used three brief narratives to provide a foundation of true discipleship. .. Read the rest of this entry »