Archives
Categories
Top Posts & Pages
- Matthew 4:18-22: Why Did They Follow Him?
- Why Did Jesus Tell Mary, "Mine Hour Is Not Yet Come" (John 2:4)?
- A Contradiction in Stephen King's IT
- Scrooge v. Ghost of Christmas Present on the Sabbath
- Chapters 38-39 of The Stand
- Did the Ancients Interpret Their Cosmologies Literally?
- Helel Ben Shachar: Satan
- Is God Fair in the Book of Job?
- "Take Away Our (Bent or Desire?) to Sinning"
- Friendship, in Stephen King's IT
-
Recent Posts
- NYMAG: Joe Biden’s Big Squeeze
- Book Write-Up: The Alchemy Thief, by R.A. Denny
- Book Write-Ups: The Servant of the Lord and His Servant People; Reformation Commentary on John 13-21; Every Leaf, Line, and Letter
- The New American: Celebrate! Columbus “Divided History” and Deserves to be Defended, Not Upended
- Morning Wire: China’s Socially Conservative Reasons for Banning Video Games
- FAIR: The Media Myth of ‘Once Prosperous’ and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez
- Elder Platform for California
- Books Write-Up: Obadiah, Jonah and Micah; Letters for the Church; the Paradox of Sonship
- Common Dreams: Biden Applauded for Executive Order Targeting ‘Insidious’ Anti-Worker Practices
- Book Write-Up: The Path of Faith, by Brandon D. Crowe
Daily Archives: June 20, 2015
Hell in Book 2 of the Sibylline Oracles
I finished Book 2 of the Sibylline Oracles last night. According to John Collins, who translated and commented on the Sibylline Oracles in the Charlesworth Pseudepigrapha, Book 2 probably dates to the second or the third century C.E. The Sibyls … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Religion
Tagged Charlesworth Pseudepigrapha, hell, John Collins, Sibylline Oracles
Comments Off on Hell in Book 2 of the Sibylline Oracles
Tiberius Caesar the Christian?
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Tiberius Caesar the Christian?
In Tribute: Suzanne McCarthy, 1955-2015
Originally posted on BLT:
In early 2008 I encountered Christian egalitarianism for the first time and embraced it with excitement and relief. Finally, I could let go of my cognitive dissonance! I could believe in a God who hadn’t arbitrarily…
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on In Tribute: Suzanne McCarthy, 1955-2015
James' Ramblings 