Alex NoletteThe Deal with Jesus Cursing the Fig TreeMany 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 read·Jan 7, 2021----
Alex NoletteThe Lord Has Need of ItIn 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 read·Jan 7, 2021----
Alex NoletteGod and Suffering: Too Close for Comfort? Pt. 1I’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 read·Mar 25, 2020----
Alex NoletteThoughts 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 read·Mar 13, 2020----
Alex NoletteNew York: You Never ChangeMy 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 read·Aug 15, 2019----
Alex NoletteI have the feeling that an embarrassingly small number of us in Western Christianity are anywhere…·1 min read·Aug 4, 2019----
Alex NoletteAncient 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 read·Aug 3, 2019----
Alex NoletteRemoval 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 read·Aug 3, 2019----
Alex NoletteThe 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 read·Aug 3, 2019----
Alex NoletteCome 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 read·Aug 2, 2019----