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David Barr

David Barr is associate rector at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville, TN. He has an undergraduate in English and Theology from Covenant College; a master’s in Theology and Ethics from the University of Virginia; and is completing a PhD from the University of Toronto (Wycliffe College). He is married to Caroline, a Physician Assistant and they have a son and a dog.

Believing that the Good News is Good

David Mason Barr
January 22, 2021
Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church
Mark 8:27-10:52 By David Barr In this week’s readings for the Good Book Club (Mark 8:27-10:52), we see two of the most prominent expressions of Jesus’ divinity back-to-back. Our reading opens with Peter’s d... Read More...

Maintaining a Diet of the Word

David Mason Barr
August 21, 2020
Bible, Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
By David Barr It is certainly no secret at this point that liturgy has made a comeback. I don’t know whether the increase in traditional patterns of worship is simply another fad in the North American church... Read More...

The Cup is What He Gives You

David Mason Barr
February 16, 2020
Bible, Commentary, Contributors, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church
We see in our readings that when Jesus prays for us to be united to him and to the Father, there is then no other way we can choose if we are to be blessed, apart from the one that the Father gives Jesus.

Repentance and Blessing: The Political Posture of the Church

David Mason Barr
October 23, 2018
ACNA, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics
If we genuinely seek the welfare of our cities, the work will only rightly begin as we repent and seek God’s refashioning of our lives — and that of our neighbors.

The accessible Word in Anglicanism: Tyndale and Scripture’s figures

David Mason Barr
March 20, 2017
Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Ressourcement, The Episcopal Church
Tyndale thought figural exegesis was how all people could enter into Scripture and see the work of God in Christ Jesus.

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