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Worry
The essential characteristic of worry is not fear, but fear that is rehearsed. Frequently, it is the fear of something improbable that is made to feel…
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Peter Zelinski
Luke Was a Journalist: Seeing the Work of a Reporter in the Third Gospel
Luke was a journalist. That point is worth seeing because of what it reveals about the modernness and immediacy of a seemingly ancient text, the New…
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The Encounter in the Wilderness Is a Story About Saying No
There is a story in the Bible about how Jesus went into the wilderness, became weak after having fasted for 40 days, and then confronted the devil. It…
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The Prayer Arc: In Luke 18, Jesus Teaches How to Pray and How Far Prayer Goes
Welcome to my Substack newsletter. I have migrated what used to be my blog to this newsletter, where I intend to resume my occasional writing on the…
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Writers Post
Apple founder Steve Jobs has been quoted as having said, “Artists ship.” It was his response to the claim that programming is art and therefore takes an…
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Faith Like a Mustard Seed: Is the Mountain What We Move?
How should we really read the mountain-and-mustard-seed passage in the gospels? In the passage I mean, Jesus seems to promise a sort of omega-level…
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You Are Being Transformed: Philippians in About 200 Words
Paul was an essayist. That vital point gets lost in the way his work is often presented. The chapter-and-verse divisions of modern bibles work to…
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Peter Zelinski
Peter Zelinski
Essays and observations. Here I write about the Bible, life, work, and the world around us.

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