Purpose of Discussion Section
Watch here for announcements related to this book and links to other information on the web related to the study of the book of Revelation.
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Hebews 6:1-6 in Selected Translations
Polycarp is comparing God’s Word to the Nations with some other translations and has come to Hebrews 6:1-6. I must confess I prefer the way the NLT translates this passage, but GW is not bad. I’ve written on the passage before: Hebrews 6:4-6: Can Those Who Fall Return? and then St. John Chrysostom on Hebrews…
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Totally Dependent
I’m the guest blogger at Grace Through the Desert today with a post entitled You are Totally Dependent based on Ephesians 2:8-10 and a few others scriptures, especially my favorite Psalm 104.
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Christian Carnival CCXCIX Posted
… at The Minority Thinker.
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Ed Brayton on Fox News Bashing
… here, and for the most part I agree with him. I think there is a certain justification for media bashing, simply because journalists keep expecting us to regard them as unbiased when they are not. But the bashing isn’t unbiased either … and so on ad infinitum. One of the key skills required today,…
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Welcome 32 New Planets to the Known Universe
They were obviously there before, but they’re more important because we know about them. I do love this sort of discovery. (See Greg Laden’s Blog for more.)
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Facing Detours
Having made plenty of detours in both my physical and spiritual life, I really appreciated this post from Pen of the Wayfarer.
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If You Don’t Know Greek and Hebrew
… you don’t know Greek and Hebrew, and there are certain things you cannot do, like, well, reading Greek and Hebrew. I don’t think this means you can’t read the Bible, or that your opinions don’t matter, but it’s a simple fact. When people pretend to know the Biblical languages, as they often do using…
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Halloween Book Burning and Barbecue
OK, I’m very late on this one and you can find much more information at The Church of Jesus Christ where Polycarp has been following it. Here’s the video: I should, but can’t, resist posting my own YouTube video beside this one: Why I Hate the KJV: I guess you can tell what I think.
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Of Church Signs and Breaking Legs
I’m currently working on the final stages in the release process on two books, one of which is titled Megabelt (the other is Christian Archy by David Alan Black, but it doesn’t feature in this post), and is a fictional account of life in the Bible belt. The lead character, Gil, doesn’t much like the…