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- Matthew 4:18-22: Why Did They Follow Him?
- Why Did Jesus Tell Mary, "Mine Hour Is Not Yet Come" (John 2:4)?
- Genesis 3:3: Neither Shall Ye Touch the Fruit
- Your Father Was an Amorite
- Carson on Agape and Some Word Fallacies
- Is God Fair in the Book of Job?
- Exodus 22:2-3 and Self-Defense
- Gratitude and Robinson Crusoe
- Is Dale Carnegie Biblical?; Compromise for God; Pagan Roots; Callimachus; Priests and Allegory; Israelite Welfare System; Lois Wilson
- Lazarus and Osiris?
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Recent Posts
- The New American on Pro-Life Laws and Keri Lake
- Tucker’s 5/17/2022 Monologue
- 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
- 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
Category Archives: Television
Scattered Ramblings on Contentment and Hope
A few weeks ago, I watched the 1955 movie, A Man Called Peter, which was about Peter Marshall, a preacher and Senate chaplain. I did not know much about Peter Marshall himself, but I enjoyed his wife Catherine’s book, Christy, … Continue reading
Reading Vanhoozer in Light of Ancient Aliens
I reviewed Kevin Vanhoozer’s Pictures at a Theological Exhibition a few days ago. I forgot to include an item in that review that I was planning to include. Maybe that’s for the best, as you will see below. Basically, the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Religion, Star Trek, Television
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Book Write-Up: Where Hope Prevails
Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan. Where Hope Prevails. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 2016. See here to buy the book. Where Hope Prevails is the third book of the “Return to the Canadian West” series. The series is about a … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Religion, Television
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Book Write-Up: Amish Society
John A. Hostetler. Amish Society: Revised Edition. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1963, 1968, 1971. I bought this book a while back at the Goodwill. It looked to me like an informative, detailed, and judicious discussion about the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Family Guy, History, Religion, Television
Tagged Amish, anabaptists, evangelical Christian Amish fiction, shunning
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Not All Together: The Exodus, Prophets, and Kings
This will be somewhat of a rambling post, but not horribly rambling. I will start out with what Philo says about the Exodus in Special Laws II:217-219. Then, I will interact with a fictional book that I recently read about … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Religion, Television
Tagged Amalekites, David, Ezekiel 20, firstfruits, Mesu Andrews, Miriam, Moses, On Kings and Prophets, Philo, prince of egypt, Samuel, Saul, Special Laws, Ten Commandments
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Wanderlust: The Parable of the Prodigal Son, Star Trek, and Philo
At church this morning, the pastor preached about the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32). Earlier in the service, there was a skit about the parable. The pastor made a point about the parable that overlaps with other themes … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Daily Quiet Time, Greco-Roman, Religion, Star Trek, Television, Uncategorized
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Reflections on Justice Scalia
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed on unexpectedly last week. I have been wanting to write a post reflecting on him and his approach to constitutional law. Here it is! A. I do not know exactly when I first heard … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Current Events, Deaths, Life, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion, School, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Antonin Scalia, Employment Division vs. Smith, Hobby Lobby, originalism, Picket Fences, Ralph Nader, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, Stephen Breyer, strict constructionism, textualism
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Is Star Wars Demonic, and Should Christians See It?
I am reading Peter Jones’ The Other Worldview: Exposing Christianity’s Greatest Threat. I received a complimentary review copy. Not long ago, I linked to Jones’ critical article about Star Wars. A key villain in Jones’ book, and article, is the … Continue reading
Posted in Michael Landon, Movies, Television
Tagged Carl Jung, George Lucas, Joseph Campbell, Michael Landon, Peter Jones, spiritualism
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Ramblings on WWJD, and Jesus Being Superior to Us
I was flipping through channels last week and came across the Catholic channel, EWTN. Mother Angelica was discussing theology with some kids, probably sometime during the 1980s. Mother Angelica was trying to highlight how wonderful the incarnation of God in … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Religion, Television
Tagged EWTN, Mother Angelica, What Would Jesus Do?
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Firefly, Jaynestown, and Grace
I’ve been watching the TV series Firefly, which was on for one season in 2002-2003. It is science fiction. Although it was only on for one season (plus a movie was made to wrap up the story), it gained a … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Current Events, Firefly, Movies, Religion, Television
Tagged ABC News, Adam Baldwin, Firefly, Jayne, Jaynestown, Movies, Saving Private Ryan, science fiction, Shepherd Book, Television
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James' Ramblings 