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Help Volodya from Ukraine study in Australia
Read more: Help Volodya from Ukraine study in AustraliaI recently taught a week-long intensive on Galatians at Zaporozhye Bible Seminary in Ukraine. The entire class was conducted in Russian, so I had a translator for all of my lectures (as well as for preaching and doing devotionals). My main translator was a Ukrainian named Volodya Lavrushko who is a Greek instructor at the…
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The Greek New Testament (Cambridge/Crossway edition): I Like Big “Buts” & I Can’t Elide
Read more: The Greek New Testament (Cambridge/Crossway edition): I Like Big “Buts” & I Can’t ElideMy first exposure to The Greek New Testament published jointly by Cambridge University Press and Crossway was at the recent SBL conference in Boston (if you’re interested in all of its unique features, methodology, rationale, etc, you can check out a little explanation here; similarly, here is a detailed blog that addresses several issues surrounding the…
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Atonement Conference at St Andrews
Read more: Atonement Conference at St AndrewsHere is the CfP for a conference on the Atonement at the University of St Andrews. I co-organized a few of the earlier iterations of this symposium: one on Reactions to Empire and another on Ancient Reading techniques. I’m happy to see that the symposium is still going strong. If you do any work on…
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The Cursed Child Is The 8th Harry Potter Story After All! Putting the Cart before the Horcrux
Read more: The Cursed Child Is The 8th Harry Potter Story After All! Putting the Cart before the HorcruxRecently Harry Potter fans celebrated the arrival of the “nineteen years later” day from the epilogue on September 1st, 2017. Here’s an interesting write-up about this momentous occasion. In case you don’t know, this is the day that Harry and Ginny sent their son Albus Severus off to Hogwarts, which can be found in the…
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The Two Cities turns 6!
Read more: The Two Cities turns 6!We’re so very excited to say that tomorrow marks the 6th Anniversary of The Two Cities blog! Many thanks to all of you who have read and engaged our blog posts over the years. It really means a lot to us and we’re looking forward to more of it. We’ve recently come off of a…
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America Will Lead The Way To Mars?
Read more: America Will Lead The Way To Mars?Have you all seen the recent article by President Obama on CNN claiming that America will lead the way in putting humans on Mars? You can check it out here. Perhaps you’re also familiar with the privately funded expedition known as Mars One. Have you guys heard about this? A year ago I was following…
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Reflections on Catfishing (Part Two): Being Known by Others
Read more: Reflections on Catfishing (Part Two): Being Known by OthersI’ve always wondered what it means to be known. Last time I talked about how our desire to be known has to be rooted in God’s knowledge of us. I looked at the song “Goner” by twenty one pilots (the final track off of their album, Blurryface). I think Tyler Joseph says some interesting things…
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Reflections on Catfishing (Part One): Being Known By God
Read more: Reflections on Catfishing (Part One): Being Known By GodWhat does it mean to be known? I’ve been thinking a lot about how we all tend to project images of ourselves and how we all tend to create images of others. It’s something that compels me to get to know people on a more real basis, but it also compels me to be as…