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- Why Did Jesus Tell Mary, "Mine Hour Is Not Yet Come" (John 2:4)?
- Matthew 4:18-22: Why Did They Follow Him?
- Exodus 22:2-3 and Self-Defense
- Book Write-Up: A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion
- Your Father Was an Amorite
- Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther on the Sabbath
- Gratitude and Robinson Crusoe
- Bart Ehrman on Luke 3:22 and Anti-Adoptionism
- Book Write-Up: Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue
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Recent Posts
- The New American on Pro-Life Laws and Keri Lake
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- The Z Man: The Party’s Over
- David Cole on the Absurdity of WaPo “Fact-Checking” and the Woke “Words Kill” Meme
- FAIR: What You Should Really Know About Ukraine
- 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
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Category Archives: Lost
Temptation and Spiritual Warfare (with LOST, the Bible, and the Testament of Solomon Thrown Into the Mix)
I am plowing through a 1000-page book on the New Testament, so I won’t be writing any book reviews for at least a week. In this post, I want to write about a scene in the Testament of Solomon, which … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Lost, Religion
Tagged Charlesworth Pseudepigrapha, D.C. Duling, Josephus, Solomon, spiritual warfare, temptation, Testament of Solomon
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Frozen, Once Upon a Time, Elizabeth Mitchell
I watched the Disney movie Frozen last week, since the TV series Once Upon a Time is focusing on the Frozen characters this season. Watching Frozen certainly enhanced my appreciation of last Sunday’s episode! I understood why Anna was going … Continue reading
The Purpose of Holiness and Morality
The December 2 entry for Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest stood out to me when I read it, particularly one line: Chambers’ statement that “The emphasis of holiness movements is apt to be that God is producing specimens … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Lost, Religion, Television
Tagged armstrongism, cold place, holiness movements, Lion King, millennium, My Utmost for His Highest, new heavens and the new earth, orderly world, oswald chambers, oswald chambers my utmost, Religion, theology
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Margie Impert in Magnum, P.I.
I’m a Highway to Heaven fan. I watched it regularly when I was a kid coming home from school, and I own the first three seasons as an adult. (Unfortunately, A&E only released the first three seasons.) One character I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Highway to Heaven, Life, Lost, Michael Landon, Television
Tagged celebrities, entertainment, ernest borgnine, heaven fan, margie impert
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GCB
I watched part of ABC’s GCB last night. GCB is based on the book Good Christian Bitches. There are Christians who are screaming “persecution” in response to this show. Some have glibly stated that there would be an outcry if … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Books, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Movies, Religion, Television, West Wing
Tagged islam, nathaniel hawthorne, Religion, religious hypocrisy, scarlet letter
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Terra Nova Season Finale Tonight
Today, I’ll take a break from writing about David Marshall’s Jesus and the Religions of Man, and instead I will write about Terra Nova, a show that is on Monday nights, on Fox. The two-hour season finale of Terra Nova … Continue reading
Posted in Lost, Television, Terra Nova
Tagged richard kendall, stargate sg 1
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I Missed That
I’m still reading Stephen King’s Lisey Story, but there’s a good chance that I will finish it tonight or tomorrow. I’m finding that there area few holes in my understanding of the plot. For instance, what is Scott Landon’s “long … Continue reading
Posted in Lost, Stephen King
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Authority
On page 325 of Stephen King’s The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition, Fran thinks the following: “If the system of authority had temporarily broken down, they would just have to find the scattered others and re-form it. It didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Lost, Political Philosophy, Stephen King
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Ruether on Matthew Fox (Not Jack from LOST)
In my reading today of Gaia and God, Rosemary Ruether talks about the view that cultures long ago were matriarchal, until a patriarchal horde came in and imposed patriarchy. Ruether, a feminist, actually doesn’t find the evidence for that tale … Continue reading
Alan Segal
I learned from James McGrath’s site that Alan Segal has passed on. I had Professor Segal for a seminar when I was a student at Jewish Theological Seminary. It was on the history of interpretation of the akedah—the binding of … Continue reading
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