Hermeneutics Quiz
I scored a 74, progressive, but I object to almost all the questions and answers. The quiz is here. HT: 42
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Site Restored (Mostly)
All the posts have been restored, but I tried to get creative, and to put it generously, the results were not quite what I planned. I have some comments to restore yet. If you commented between February 15 and February 26, it’s possible your comment isn’t there. I do have your comment, however, and will…
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Christian Carnival #213 Posted
. . . at my Jevlir Caravansary blog. I note that I failed to include a post of my own or one from my wife, so I shall have to go over there and add them!
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Site Restored
Well, it was a long couple of days, but the site is back up and working. I believe there should be nothing missing at this point. If there is, please let me know. There were a few things to restore manually, item by item, but not that many. I appreciate your patience–assuming you had some!–and…
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A Conservative Christian Republican for Obama
I found this post via if i were a bell, i’d ring, and find the arguments used interesting. Not being as conservative as the the post author, I have less policy concerns with Obama than he does, but I find his arguments very interesting.
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The Historical Virgin Mary – II
In chapter 6 of his book What Have They Done with Jesus? Dr. Ben Witherington continues his discussion of the historical Mary, mother of Jesus. In general this is a harmonizing account based on all sources combined, though primarily it works from John and Mark. I have already discussed the issues I have with this…
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Christian Carnival #213 Coming
. . . and will be posted here tomorrow. You have until midnight tonight eastern time to get your posts in. Come one, come all (qualified folks!) and submit your posts!
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Anointing in the Passages for Lent 4A
For finding lectionary passages online, I recommend Textweek.com, which provides some quite valuable services for lectionary passages. This is just a brief note on this theme which has been very striking to me as I repeatedly read these passages. Anointing has a variety of implications in the Bible, and these passages would allow one to…
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Reading from the NIrV
The New International Reader’s Version never got much traction, especially here in the United States, but I do have a copy, and I chose to do my lectionary reading from it this morning. That kind of reading is helpful in getting a quick feel for a version. I can ask myself how I would teach…
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Would Jesus Do This?
Ken Hutcherson, pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland seems to believe that Jesus would respond to courtesy with violence: On a Sunday when Tarico was present, Hutcherson was preaching on gender roles. During his sermon, Hutcherson stated, “God hates soft men” and “God hates effeminate men.” Hutcherson went on to say, “If I was…