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Do you Read the Bible literally?
Read more: Do you Read the Bible literally?A few days ago I was asked a straightforward and seemingly simple question. “Do you read the Bible literally?” I honestly wasn’t sure how to respond. I stammered my way through an answer that I wouldn’t be able to repeat. I wish I had said, “Yes, the Bible is a book that I, literally, read.” Unfortunately,…
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Review of Union with Christ by Constantine Campbell
Read more: Review of Union with Christ by Constantine CampbellConstantine Campbell. Union with Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study. Zondervan: Grand Rapids, 2012. 463 pgs. (Paperback). $34.99. 0310329051 Campbell seeks to approach the subject “union with Christ” as a New Testament theologian, that is, his approach is exegetically grounded and theologically motivated. The first concern is represented by detailed exegetical work on the phrases relating…
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The Riotous Milking of Sacred Cows
Read more: The Riotous Milking of Sacred CowsThe title for this post comes courtesy of the Los Angeles Times’ review of “The Book of Mormon,” a musical created by South Park’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and Robert Lopez, who is also known for penning that earworm of a song, “Let it Go,” from Disney’s Frozen. It seems that nearly every…
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Lamenting the Tragic Loss of April Jace
Read more: Lamenting the Tragic Loss of April JaceLast Tuesday, May 20th, we received the news of April Jace, a financial aid counselor at Biola, who was shot and killed by her husband, Michael Jace, an actor from The Shield. It happened on Monday night, and their two young children, under the ages of 10, were in the house. The shock and devastation…
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Review of The Present Task of New Testament Studies by C.H. Dodd
Read more: Review of The Present Task of New Testament Studies by C.H. DoddC.H. Dodd. The Present Task of New Testament Studies: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered in the Divinity School on Tuesday 2 June 1936. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1936 (reprint 2014). Pp. 41. Paper. £7.99. 978-1-107-63545-6. This reprint of Dodd’s 1936 inaugural lecture at the University of Cambridge is a short treasure wherein Dodd lays bare the…
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New-Age, Old Enemies, Same Mission
Read more: New-Age, Old Enemies, Same Mission“I am aware of a bright light. It’s wonderful you get energy from this light.” She was resting, after death, in between life-times. Minutes passed in silence. Suddenly she spoke, but not in the slow whisper she had always used previously. Her voice was now husky and loud, without hesitation: “Our task is to learn,…
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Embracing the Emerged Frontier of Missions
Read more: Embracing the Emerged Frontier of MissionsIn the next five years, we are going to witness this century’s greatest single mutation in the structure of missions. As a result, missions will no longer be viewed as something we simply do overseas, but something we do within groups of unreached peoples, whether those groups are located in Singapore or Los Angeles-Ralph Winter,…
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SBLAAR: The Society for Beer Lovers & Assorted Academic Research (2014)
Read more: SBLAAR: The Society for Beer Lovers & Assorted Academic Research (2014)If you plan on attending the annual AAR/SBL conference this November in San Diego, CA and enjoy craft beer like we do, then you won’t want to miss out on our reception: the Society for Beer Lovers & Assorted Academic Research (SBLAAR). Save the Date: Saturday, November 22nd from 7:00pm—10:00pm at Saint Joseph Cathedral (1535…
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How to stay sane when doing your PhD
Read more: How to stay sane when doing your PhDLately I have found myself deeply immersed in some pretty heavy research associated with my PhD thesis. I don’t know about you but I am the kind of person that can and will get lost in something that interests me. I can effectively shut out the entire world when I am “in the zone” (that…
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Down Syndrome Christianity
Read more: Down Syndrome ChristianityMichael Gungor, the lead singer for the Christian band Gungor posted a blog two days ago about the birth of their daughter, Lucette, who they discovered was born with Down Syndrome. It is painfully beautiful. Having a brother born with Down Syndrome, I resonated with much of what he wrote. Michael writes of the shock…