BEN DUBOW

Running the Way

Month: January 2010

  • I Have Been to the Mountain Top

    On this day, as we remember the legacy of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I hope you will take the time to listen to this… his last speech. Dr. King is one of my heroes of the Christian faith. With all his flaws — and they were many and w… →

  • The Hermeneutical Circle

    [Part 4 in our series on Hermeneutics] Previously we talked about the hermeneutical spiral — an inductive process for examining a passage, going from text to context. Today, I want to talk about the hemeneutical circle — a deductive approach tha… →

  • Church New Guest Experience

    Today I was able to attend a church in Hartford for the first time. It is a church I have been meaning to go to for a while. I literally have not had a Sunday morning free (not working or out of town) in months. Today I am scheduled to work dinner… →

  • Dear Father…

    Dear Father… Our hearts are broken over the horrific tragedy taking place in Haiti right now. We know of nothing else to do but turn to you in prayer, for we know that your heart breaks too. Lord, comfort the wounded. Be close to the broken. Bri… →

  • Please Don’t Make Us Sing This Song

    I remember seeing this video and hearing this song after Hurricane Katrina… It still moves me to tears and I think it applies to the crisis in Haiti too… →

  • An Important Question for Discussion

    I have been enjoying the discussion on the blog lately and want to throw out what I think is an important question from Scot McKnight. He asks: How much of our vision for what God is doing in this world is shaped by a belief that God saves us in o… →

  • World Vision Update on Haiti

    Help Haiti, a message from Rich Stearns to the church from World Vision Video Dept. on Vimeo. A special note for PASTORS & CHURCH LEADERS from WORLD VISION: Join us this Friday for a World Vision National Conference Call on Haiti Relief with Max L… →

  • The Hermeneutical Posture

    [Part 3 in our series on Hermeneutics] There are fundamentally two postures when it comes to hermeneutics. A posture of faith or a posture of skepticism. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, writing in the beginning of the 19th century, referring to poetry, s… →

  • Apologies & Perspective

    The human tragedy unfolding in Haiti as we speak matters. It matters to God and it should matter to God’s people. Sadly, the tragedy of Haiti is not just the earthquake. There was a lot of human tragedy in Haiti the day before th earthquake too. G… →

  • More from Tony Campolo on Homosexuality (In His Own Words)

    This following is a transcript of a videotape of a talk at North Park College Chapel. Tony Campolo: I’m so pleased to be with you and so is Peggy. We were looking forward to this with great anticipation. First of all, I have to announce that we ar… →