Having first read William Lane Craig’s fascinating book on the The Quest for the Historical Adam, that book kept mentioning a computational geneticist named Joshua Swamidass as a dialogue partner.  I decided I’d better read his book as well about a genealogical Adam and Eve.  Let me say right off the bat as a Biblical scholar that both books are excellent, and both, in my view, have some significant exegetical deficiencies which is not entirely surprising since Craig is a... Read more

MEMORY’S CHILD   Memory’s child is crying Longing for the past, Mourning for those magic times Wishing they would last.   But memory’s eyes will fantasize Those things which are no more, Never quite remembering how They really were before.   This trick of turning things Mundane to quite unique Imagining them shining bright Even when they were quite bleak.   Happiness is not a relic To be dug up from the past It’s more than merely memory Of something... Read more

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Chris Martin, son of a praise band leader in a church in England, and sporting a tattoo saying God is Love….   watch the joy on the faces of these young people….       Read more

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TIME   Time, unmoved but moving Divider and dividend Controlling not controlled— And we often frustrated every minute of it, Because of these things.   Time,in the final hours of analysis We may take you—not always by surprise And give you—the greatest and surest gift— Time the final currency   To take time to know many things/others To take time to share many things/ourselves And so to love each other Not just the each other in ourselves.   And then... Read more

We have had many sad and tragic moments during this pandemic, lots of lost loved ones— millions worldwide, and over 670,000 in the U.S. One of the signs of the resilience of the human spirit is to make something beautiful out of the pain and sense of profound loss….. like this song….   Read more

There are many books about Jesus, but frankly none like this one. Think of this book as like a Rembrandt painting.  Rembrandt was a master of light and dark contrast.  For example, consider his famous Prodigal Son painting. In the center is the forgiving Father and his kneeling son. Everyone else is in shadow. You get the picture. Ken Collins book is much the same.  He presents us with a well-written narrative that presents Jesus as the light of the... Read more

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