Monthly Archives: September 2008

Shouldn't We Have Learned This Long Ago?

It just goes to show that the absolute best way to get folks to read something you don’t want them to read is to ban it. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this … Continue reading

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Prince Namor Could Not Be Reached for Comment

Al-Qaeda Planning to Bomb Atlantis. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend

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Political Eschatology

Scot McKnight tells the truth: Where is our hope? To be sure, I hope our country solves its international conflicts and I hope we resolve poverty and dissolve our educational problems and racism. But where does my hope turn when … Continue reading

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Use of the Old Testament in the New

Rick Mansfield points to a quiz on Zondervan’s Koinonia blog intended as a promotion for an upcoming book on how the New Testament authors handled Old Testament texts. Turns out I mostly agree with Peter Enns on the issue. Not … Continue reading

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Stupid Bible Tricks

Susan Pigott, the OT Prophetess, has begun a series about strange and ridiculous interpretations of the Bible she has encountered over the years. Check out the first installment, where we learn about Jesus in the very first verse of the … Continue reading

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For My CHR 150 Students

Six Steps for Learning Difficult Subjects Quickly. Not that I think New Testament Intro is a difficult subject, but your mileage will undoubtedly vary. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a … Continue reading

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Singing New Testament Greek

Jim Blevins was doing this at Southern Seminary 20+ years ago with a little self-published “hymnal” with Greek Bible verses set to the tunes of traditional hymns. Ken Berding has taken the next obvious step by setting verb conjugations and … Continue reading

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All The King’s Horses: Chariotry in the Reign of David

In this post I’m picking up once again my musings about Robert Drews’ The End of the Bronze Age and asking whether Drews’ conclusions might be useful in falsifying various proposals about the chronology of the ancient world. To summarize, … Continue reading

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Where Were You?

I was a pastor in Salem, Indiana. I had run out that morning to drop off my registration materials for a community leadership training program and heard the news on the radio. When I got back to the office, Kent … Continue reading

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είναι όλα Ελληνικά γιὰ μένα

In switching to the new hosting service, I finally remembered to ask my new tech guru to figure out what happened to my blog’s former capacity to handle Greek Unicode fonts. Looks like the problem is finally resolved, to which … Continue reading

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