Idle musings of a bookseller

Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN

Saturday, December 31, 2005

Site change

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I finally took some time to organize my blog links a bit better. I figured that since my interests are a bit varied, maybe I should organiz...
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Friday, December 30, 2005

John the Baptist

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I finished The Jesus Creed the other day. Very good book, but I think the most memorable section is the chapter on John the Baptist. Thi...
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Thursday, December 29, 2005

The year in review blog posts begin...

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Scot McKnight has a nice summary of his experiences this year in blogging. I especially like this comment (bold is his): "Sixth, I s...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Weather/miscellaneous

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It looks like Global Warming has come back from its brief vacation. The temperature here has been in the upper 30's to upper 40's f...

Blogging

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I just ran across a post on Ben Witherington's blog with 10 comments on blog etiquette. I'll list only the first one, but you rea...
Monday, December 26, 2005

The Jesus Creed

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I started Scot McKnight's delightful little book Jesus Creed over the weekend. I got a pre-release copy from him way back in June 2004...
Friday, December 23, 2005

Biblical Studies debate

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There has been a lively debate going on in the biblical-studies yahoo group for several days now on interpreting the Bible. I received perm...

More Bonhoeffer

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I finished Creation and Fall yesterday. Well, not really, I am reading the afterword now. Another great quote there, excerpted from a let...
Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Winter is here!

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No, not because it is December 21st, but because today on the way to work I saw the true sign of winter--an icefisherman (person?). I'm...
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Forgiveness

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Very nice post on forgiveness over at theheresy.com . I quote in part: "Our first internal objection to forgiveness is the need for ju...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

More Bonhoeffer

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“Adam where are you…? This word of the Creator calls the fleeing Adam away from his conscience to stand before his Creator. Humankind is not...
Monday, December 19, 2005

New ICC volume

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It feels like Christmas, all these great new books. The latest ICC volume just hit our doors, and in time for your Christmas shopping :) Co...

Bonhoeffer quote of the day

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I am still plowing through Creation and Fall . This time of the year it is difficult to get a lot of time to read, but this is worth postin...
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Saturday, December 17, 2005

House church

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There is a nice post at House Church Chronicles about how to prepare for a house church meeting. "Years of sitting in traditional chu...

Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays?

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This is a week old, but nonetheless worth posting (thanks to Scot McKnight for posting it), from Vanguard Church (italics are his): ...
Friday, December 16, 2005

Balloon?

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Overheard at Eisenbrauns today: One customer service rep to another, "What's that sound? It sounds like a balloon being blown up. ...

New Book

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Another intriguing book just came across my desk today, in the Paternoster Theological Monographs series. Here are the details: A Theology ...

Friday fun

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This was on the Classics list earlier this week. Thought people would enjoy it on a Friday. 'Only 100 words' needed to read England...
Thursday, December 15, 2005

And the answer is...

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No takers on the Hittite. I'm not surprised. It is from a trial transcript and the witness is defending himself, I have forgotten the t...
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Let's see how obscure we can get

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Joe Cathey and Jim West have been posting Sumerian and Akkadian on their sites this week. Well, I never learned Sumerian and my Akkadian is...
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