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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family 5
My latest reading of Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family focused on welfare reform and how to help the poor. I have five items: 1. To his credit, Rick Santorum appears to be supportive of the earned-income tax credit for … Continue reading
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Psalm 78
For my weekly quiet time this week, I will blog about Psalm 78 and its interpreters. I have three items. 1. Psalm 78:18-22 states (in the King James Version): “And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Prayer, Psalms, Religion, Weekly Quiet Time
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Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family 4
Here are some items from my latest reading of Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. 1. Santorum does not support passing out condoms to teens in school, for he thinks that sends out a message … Continue reading
Posted in Abstinence, George W. Bush, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
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Pre-Enlightenment Skepticism about Miracles
I started Howard Clark Kee’s Miracle in the Early Christian World. In this post, I’ll highlight something from page 2: “Disbelief in miracle and dismissal of it as chicanery or fraud are not modern conceits. Skepticism about miracle goes back … Continue reading
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Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family 3
There was a lot of good stuff in my latest reading of Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. Here are two items: 1. On Page 62, Santorum says: “…in many states, convicted felons can never … Continue reading
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Completing Witherington’s Christology of Jesus
I finished Ben Witherington III’s The Christology of Jesus. In this post, I’ll highlight what Witherington says on page 276: “Material in the Synoptics hints that Jesus had a transcendent self-image amounting to no more than a unique awareness of … Continue reading
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Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family 2
In my latest reading of It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good, Rick Santorum criticizes same-sex marriage and laments the erosion of community. Essentially, Santorum longs for communitarianism, which entails people thinking about the well-being of others. For … Continue reading
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Witherington on Jesus’ Eschatology, Son of Man, and Abba
I have three items for my write-up today on Ben Witherington III’s The Christology of Jesus. 1. In my post on this book yesterday, I struggled to understand Witherington’s view on Jesus’ eschatology, as I sought an answer to the … Continue reading
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Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family 1
I started Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. So why am I reading and blogging about this book, when Rick Santorum is out of the race for the Republican nomination for President? First of all, … Continue reading
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Tentative Thoughts on Witherington and Whether Jesus Was an Apocalyptic Prophet
What stood out to me in my latest reading of The Christology of Jesus was Ben Witherington III’s discussion on page 194 about whether or not Jesus was an apocalyptic prophet. Witherington believes that Jesus’ worldview had apocalyptic elements, such … Continue reading
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