The following courtesy of ‘Lutheran Satire’ BW3 Read more
The following courtesy of ‘Lutheran Satire’ BW3 Read more
Blessed are those who expect nothing of God, for they shall not be disappointed. Blessed are those who vote for scoundrels, for they will get what they deserve. Blessed are those who refuse to exercise, as they shall become weighty persons. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for junk food, for you are what you eat. Blessed are those who build walls, for as God told Joshua, they shall be coming down. Blessed are those who admire the greedy,... Read more
Two more good episodes tonight on the History Channel at 8 eastern. One about Mary, one about Caiaphas and the events leading up to the demise of Jesus. Here’s a clip to whet your appetite…. BW3 Read more
Of the great British crime/thriller/detective novelists of the last half century, all of them save one are women (e.g. Ellis Peters=Edith Pargeter, Agatha Christie, P.D. James). The one is Edinburgh’s own Ian Rankin. There have been 20 some novels, and now there is a play which has been touring the U.K. since 2018— Long Shadows. Rankin wrote the story, then it was adapted for the stage, turned into a screenplay by Rona Munro. It has now appeared as a book... Read more
One of the phrases being bandied about by Progressive United Methodists, especially in the wake of the outcome of the specially called General Conference session last month, which they trot out to scold traditionalists with is— ‘When are you going to learn the lesson about not being on the wrong side of history?’ with lurid and frankly inappropriate analogies drawn with the issue of slavery etc. Of course, with even a minute’s deep reflection this whole rhetorical question proves to... Read more
Here’s a helpful post by Larry Hurtado. See what you think. BW3 Wasserman on an “Alexandrian Recension” of the Gospels by larryhurtado Included in a set of papers given at a NT textual criticism conference held in Birmingham (UK) is an essay by Tommy Wasserman that merits attention of all interested in the question of what the earliest manuscript evidence tells us about the textual transmission of the Gospels in the second century: “Was There an Alexandrian Recension of the... Read more
A discussion about the New Perspective on Paul. https://vimeo.com/318782568/88c8c7d4f2 Read more
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