Saturday, March 14, 2015

Christians and thinking

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Roger Olson talks about anti-intellectualism in this post . Read the whole thing, but to give you a taste of it... To a very large extent A...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Apocalypticism as theology?

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Apocalypticism can therefore be interpreted as an attempt to mediate between a basic theological starting point and historical data that app...

Get rid of the dreams

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The victim confirms a relationship between himself and the clod of earth. Once he tells the contents of his dream to it, he then utters thre...

Self-help christianity

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Though self-help Christianity has been around for thousands of years, there are some deep-rooted tendencies that keep it alive. At the core ...

An invitation

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For Paul, we have seen, peace and peacemaking are constitutive of Jesus’ identity, his father’s identity, the Spirit’s identity, the kingdom...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Strange things you learn along the way (δʼ/δέ)

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Caution: Heavy duty Greek ahead. Weird. I was editing along on this discourse handbook on the book of James when I noticed the phrase δὲ ἐν...
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Grab the talisman!

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Curse-acts supporting unconditional curses are perhaps the most horrifying and are generally used reactively. Because no stipulations are at...

Have you asked these questions?

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Just ran across this post: 28 Questions Every English Language and Linguistics Student Has Asked. My favorite is number 26: Are half of th...

Verbosity in prayer

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The efficacy of prayer in not grounded in the verbosity of the orant, but rather in the good disposition of the Father to respond to his chi...

It's a two-step process

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And the door to repentance is confession. Confession is the statement that says, “I can’t do it on my own. I am responsible for what I have ...

From beneficiaries to instruments

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Those who are beneficiaries of God’s peace become instruments of God’s peace. This peace, we must remember, is the comprehensive shalom p...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Sad news

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I just heard that my Hittite professor from the University of Chicago, Harry Hoffner died unexpectedly yesterday. Sad news indeed. You can...

A loose cannon?

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It is far from certain that the professional curser required a view of the target on every occasion. Indeed, this may not have been always f...

Luke on prayer

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Prayer is a determining factor in the unfolding of the Heilsgeschichte [salvation history]. God’s divine plan of salvation is driven forwar...

Just how important is the cross?

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Is the cross fundamental to your faith? What would happen if the cross were removed from your walk with God? Would anything change? There is...

Non-retaliation and the Christian

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Practicing peace is therefore a form of bearing witness to the gospel in the most difficult circumstances, the expression of the teaching an...

Thought for the day

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Do not allow me to judge according to the light of my bodily eyes, nor to give sentence according to the hearing of ignorant men’s ears. But...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Fear mongering

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Why the sudden irrationality of Muslim baiting? What's going on? Is this the U.S. version of the lead-up to Kristallnacht ? I agree with...

Conference on the Greek Verb

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This conference looks great. I wish I could attend, but I have it on good authority that there will be a conference proceedings volume. Lo...

Translation theory

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The action of the main clause is the focus of attention. The comparative frame presents the manner in which the main action should be done b...