Monthly Archives: January 2014

My Church’s Bible Study on “Faith, the Future, and Jesus” (the Lesson We Were On)

Posted on January 31, 2014 by

My church had its Bible study last night.  We’re going through The Unbreakable Covenant: God’s Covenants with Abraham, Moses, and David, with Michael Rydelnik. We did Session 4, which is entitled “Faith, the Future, and Jesus.” On the DVD, Michael … Continue reading →

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Reflections on My Year (or More) of Nixon

Posted on January 31, 2014 by

Sometime in 2012, I got in the mail a book that I had ordered off of Amazon for a cheap price: Irwin Gellman’s The Contender, which was primarily about Richard Nixon’s years in Congress (both the House and the Senate).  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Michael F. Bird, Are You the One Who Is To Come?

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Originally posted on Reading Acts:
Bird, Michael F. Are You the One Who Is To Come? Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 2009. 207 pages, pb. $24  Link to Baker   Link to Logos Some scholars argue that Jesus himself did not intend…

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“Augustine and the Inspiration of Scripture” by Michael Graves

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Originally posted on EerdWord:
Michael Graves is Armerding Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College, Illinois, and author of the new book The Inspiration and Interpretation of Scripture: What the Early Church Can Teach Us. * * * Several…

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Nixonland 12

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

I finished Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland.  In this post, I will discuss three items from the book.  In my post tomorrow, I will offer an overall reflection about My Year (or More) of Nixon. 1.  On pages 343-344, Perlstein tells an … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: The Nations That Know Thee Not

Posted on January 29, 2014 by

Robert Goldenberg.  The Nations That Know Thee Not: Ancient Jewish Attitudes Toward Other Religions.  New York: New York University Press, 1998. Robert Goldenberg’s The Nations That Know Thee Not is largely about ancient Jewish views on Gentile religions.  There was … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: Worthy Is the Lamb, by Ray Summers

Posted on January 29, 2014 by

Ray Summers.  Worthy Is the Lamb: Interpreting the Book of Revelation In Its Historical Background.  Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1951. Ray Summers was a professor of New Testament and Greek who taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist … Continue reading →

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Nixonland 11

Posted on January 29, 2014 by

On pages 739-740 of Nixonland, Rick Perlstein tells the following story about George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic Presidential candidate: “‘In a recent month,’ McGovern intoned in a radio ad, ‘a quarter of the wounded civilians in South Vietnam were children … Continue reading →

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Hating Our Enemies

Posted on January 28, 2014 by

Originally posted on Jesus Without Baggage:
Years ago, I was a manager in one of the departments of my denomination’s General Offices. The management culture was extremely heavy-handed, though not all supervisors were that way. One day I got a…

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Nixonland 10

Posted on January 28, 2014 by

On pages 674-675 of Nixonland, Rick Perlstein tells a story about Shirley MacLaine’s campaigning for Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern in 1972, and the disconnect between her and some of her audiences: “Shirley MacLaine’s alienation from her audiences was never … Continue reading →

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