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The Deal with Jesus Cursing the Fig Tree

Many Bible readers have probably been puzzled at the story of Jesus cursing the fig tree that is told in some of the gospels (I will only…

4 min readJan 7, 2021

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Alex Nolette

The Lord Has Need of It

In Mark 11:3, Jesus tells his disciples to answer anyone who had an objection to untying a colt, “The Lord has need of it.” The word lord…

1 min readJan 7, 2021

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Alex Nolette

God and Suffering: Too Close for Comfort? Pt. 1

I’ve been working on this post in my mind for awhile, and it is prompted by both the current pandemic and something that I saw, which…

6 min readMar 25, 2020

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God and Suffering: Too Close for Comfort? Pt. 1

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Alex Nolette

Thoughts from Quarantine: The Gospel and Social Justice—Friends or Foes?

No, I’m not really quarantined. But my mind has shifted into quarantine mode. Now that regular life has been somewhat cancelled, I feel…

7 min readMar 13, 2020

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Alex Nolette

New York: You Never Change

My experience in New York tonight was like seeing an old love who had not changed a bit, and yet, that was the problem — I had. (At least…

3 min readAug 15, 2019

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New York: You Never Change

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Alex Nolette

I have the feeling that an embarrassingly small number of us in Western Christianity are anywhere…

1 min readAug 4, 2019

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Alex Nolette

Ancient Leadership Practices (3/3)

This final post will be short, but it is important. Here is Titus 1:5: This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might . . . appoint…

2 min readAug 3, 2019

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Ancient Leadership Practices (3/3)

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Alex Nolette

Removal from the Church Is Death (2/3)

Paul then, in 1 Corinthians 5:9–13, zooms out to a misunderstanding that may have led to the Corinthians’ neglect of judging the man who…

3 min readAug 3, 2019

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Removal from the Church Is Death (2/3)

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Alex Nolette

The Local Church as Tribal Outpost of True Israel (1/3)

The following thoughts started churning after reading a chapter in Richard Hays’s Conversion of the Imagination: Paul as Interpreter of…

3 min readAug 3, 2019

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The Local Church as Tribal Outpost of True Israel (1/3)

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Alex Nolette

Come as You Are?

Let’s start controversially, shall we? The other day, I was thinking about how I’ve heard many people say something to this effect: “Jesus…

2 min readAug 2, 2019

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Come as You Are?

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Alex Nolette

Alex Nolette

Staff at Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, NC. I do sermon research and write theological things—which is kinda what I do even when it’s not my job.

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