It is certainly true, that some people prefer the comfort and the pity and the attention that comes from being unwell, to being entirely well, and at that point the attention disappears. This man may have been such a person, having his own personal pity party, but perhaps not. This portrayal of that Johannine story is excellent. Read more
Having read through many masters and doctoral level theses, one of the things that stands out about some recent ones, is that the writer doesn’t appear to know what a thesis is, and what it is supposed to do. So let’s back up and look at the definition of the word and its origins. As Wiki reminds us, “The term thesis comes from the Greek word θέσις, meaning “something put forth”, and refers to an intellectual proposition. Dissertation comes from the Latin dissertātiō,... Read more
(E Stanley Jones–Methodist Missionary to India) (Martin Luther King Jr.) Martin Luther King did a seminary degree at Crozier Seminary in Upland Pennsylvania from 1948 to 1951 graduating with a Bachelors of Divinity degree. This was well before Crozier merged with another seminary and eventually became Colgate-Rochester Seminary in upstate New York in the 1960s. It appears that it was during this period of his life that he read a book by E. Stanley Jones, a Methodist missionary... Read more
Without question, John Grisham is the most prolific writer of legal thrillers in my lifetime. I stopped counting years ago, but I have not stopped reading them. This latest one is one of his top ten, and it is a stand alone story about a small town lawyer in Virginia we’ve not heard of before. Here is the plot summary from Amazon. “Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage... Read more
This is not the same tune that has been so highly praised for its theology, but this one is theologically rich as well. See what you think. Read more
This does a good job of showing how Jesus might have shared his non-violence ethic with children. Read more
SPOILER ALERT: DON’T READ PAST THE DOTTED LINE BELOW IF YOU HAVEN’T YET SEEN THE FILM, BUT PLAN TO I’ve always loved Neil Diamond’s sort of ballads, and uptempo pop tunes. And, a while back when I was in NY I went and saw the musical on Broadway, which is excellent, and included more of Neil’s hits than this 2 hour film does. Kudos to Kate Hudson (who won a Golden Globe for her performance) and Hugh Jackman for his... Read more
There have been many excellent, and even seminal books written over the course of the last quarter century, but here I am picking five items that really belong in every serious student of the Bible’s library in the field of NT studies. There are of course others that could be listed, but these are not only must haves, but must reads. I am not ranking them in any particular order— you need them all. I will mention one of my... Read more
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