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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Eyes Wide Open: Thinking about Worldview in Movies, Part 2
Originally posted on Reflections:
Christian families are constantly interacting with all sorts of entertainment: books, music, video games, television, and movies. In part 1 of this series, we discussed worldview analysis as a foundational principle of evaluating the media we…
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Repentance, Forgiveness, and the State Clemency Board
I was flipping through channels last night before going to bed, and I came across some hearings that were being conducted by the state Board of Pardons and Clemency. This channel is sort of like a local C-Span—-it probably is … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Religion
Tagged clemency, Forgiveness
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Book Write-Up: Maimonides, by Joel Kraemer
Joel L. Kraemer. Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds. Doubleday, 2008. See here to buy the book. Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides, was a twelfth century Jewish philosopher, leader, and physician. I decided to read … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, History, Religion
Tagged Joel Kraemer, Maimonides
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Did the Three Stooges Write the Story of Jairus’ Daughter?
At church this morning, someone from the congregation gave the sermon. She was preaching about the story in Mark 9:22-43 about Jesus’ healing of Jairus’ daughter and the woman with the issue of blood. When Jesus arrives at Jairus’ home, … Continue reading
The Theory of Everything: God in Mystery
I watched the 2014 movie, The Theory of Everything, last night. The movie is about theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and his relationship with his wife (later ex-wife, but still friend), Jane. It starts from the time when he was a … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, History, Movies, Religion
Tagged Jane Hawking, Joel Kraemer, Maimonides, Newtonian physics, Rob Bell, Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything
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The Affordable Care Act: Did the Author Goof?
I was thinking about the recent King v. Burwell U.S. Supreme Court case yesterday. Right before I went to bed, I was listening to some of the oral arguments and the questioning by Supreme Court justices on C-Span. King v. … Continue reading
Barr-the image of God
Originally posted on theoutwardquest:
James Barr in Biblical Faith and Natural Theology spent a lot of time talking about the image of God question only to conclude that it has little to do with natural theology. An old argument for…
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Ramblings on the Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit in Luke 12
I recently read Gerald Borchert’s Jesus of Nazareth: Background, Witnesses, and Significance, and I said in my post here that the book led me to take a second look at the concept of the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit in … Continue reading
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Missing Religious Ontologies in Ancient Polytheism
Originally posted on Κέλσος:
Below is a brief paper that I wrote for my “Greek Religion” seminar last quarter, where I address some of the ontologies of religion (e.g. sacred texts, church, dogma) that appear to be absent from ancient Greek…
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Book Review: James McKeown, Ruth (Two Horizons Commentary)
Reading Acts McKeown, James. Ruth. Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2015. 152 pp. Pb; $22. Link to Eerdmans and an interview with McKeown at EerdWorld. James McKeown wrote the Genesis commentary in the Two Horizons series. … Continue reading
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