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Category Archives: Television
Scoundrels Desiring Goodness
A few nights ago, I watched The O.J. Simpson Story, a 1995 made-for-TV movie about O.J. Simpson. Last night, I watched the Emmy-nominated episode “Five-O” of the series Better Call Saul, which is a spin-off of the popular Breaking Bad … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Television
Tagged Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Five-O, Mike Ehrmantraut, Television, The O.J. Simpson Story
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Last Night’s Big Bang Theory; God’s Not Dead 2
A. I read an article today about last night’s episode of The Big Bang Theory. Unfortunately, I cannot find the article. I did bookmark it, but apparently my bookmarks are not listed according to the order in which I bookmarked … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Television
Tagged ACLU, Amy, Big Bang Theory, church and state, Dallas, David A.R. White, Fred Thompson, God's Not Dead, God's Not Dead 2, Head of the Class, J. Warner Wallace, Jesse Metcalfe, Melissa Joan Hart, Pat Boone, Paul Kwo, Robin Givens, Sheldon
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Book Write-Up: The Photograph, by Beverly Lewis
Beverly Lewis. The Photograph. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 2015. See here to buy the book. This is the first book by Beverly Lewis that I have ever read. She writes a lot of Christian fiction about the Amish. In The … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Television
Tagged Amish, Bethany House Publishers, Beverly Lewis
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Book Write-Up: While We’re Far Apart, by Lynn Austin
Lynn Austin. While We’re Far Apart. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2010. See here to buy the book. While We’re Far Apart is set in World War II New England. Eddie Schaffer is about to go to war, and the shy Penny … Continue reading
Posted in Brothers and Sisters, History, Jewish-Christian Relations, Pluralism, Religion, Television, Theodicy
Tagged Brothers and Sisters, Christy Award, evangelical fiction, Holocaust, Hungary, Judaism, Lynn Austin, Nazis, Oscar Schindler, protection, Raoul Wallenberg, Road Trips, Robert Price, While We're Far Apart, world war ii
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A Bunch of Ramblings on Jubilees and Last Week’s The Middle
This will be a rambling post that talks about the pseudepigraphical Book of Jubilees and last Wednesday’s episode of The Middle. I’ve been reading the Book of Jubilees for my daily quiet time. The Book of Jubilees dates to the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Jubilees, Religion, Television, The Middle
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My First American Crime Write-Up
I’ve been watching the new ABC series, American Crime, which is on Thursday nights at 10 pm. I want to write some of my reactions to the show, and I’ll use as my starting-point wikipedia’s succinct description: “The show follows … Continue reading
Posted in American Crime, Desperate Housewives, Race, Religion, Television
Tagged ABC, American Crime, Felicity Huffman
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Ramblings on Being a Pure Temple
The pastor this morning preached about Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple. He said that Jesus was getting rid of the moneychangers and sellers of animals in the Temple because they were overcharging the worshipers. The pastor then likened the Temple … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Religion, Television
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Scattered Ramblings on Sarcasm (With a Detour About Hell)
These past days have been the sort of days in which crap from my past enters my mind. I was remembering an incident this morning. I was an undergraduate in college over a decade ago, and I said something sarcastic … Continue reading
Posted in Family Guy, Life, Religion, School, Seinfeld, Television
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Scattered Ramblings on Handling Success
A few weeks ago, I was watching CBS Sunday Morning on Sunday morning. During winters or on rainy days when I cannot walk to church, my Mom’s husband drives me, and we watch pieces of CBS This Morning before we … Continue reading
Posted in Big Bang Theory, Life, Movies, Religion, Television
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James' Ramblings 