What better way to remember your favorite Biblioblogger this Christmas than to get them a 100% silk tie with the titles of the books of the Bible against a blue patterned background? Perhaps accompanied by their own copy of The Books of the Bible?
Or perhaps a tie with the names of Jesus? or for the [...]
There’s a set of books on my shelf that have long intrigued me, or at least they did several years ago when I had time to read most of them: the Daily Study Bible (Revised Edition, 1975-76), a 17-volume series of New Testament commentaries written by Scottish theologian William Barclay. From Wikipedia:
Despite the series name, [...]
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You might be an Alaskan if…
You have ever been asked if you use Canadian/Russian currency.
You have ever been asked if you live in an igloo.
Power outages don’t seem to bother you.
You laugh at people who wear coats when the temperature drops to 50°F.
You refer to Lower-48ers as foreigners.
You know what a Lower-48er [...]
Essay question:
“Is the absence of sin sufficient to make God happy?”
Be sure to define sin and happiness. Please use the terms expiation, propitiation, grace, works, salvation and atonement in your complete answer.
For regular readers of this blog, it should be no great secret that I’m a fan of the Revised English Bible (REB). Like Esteban Vázquez and Rick Mansfield, this is one of my finalists for “desert island” translations. I’ve extolled the virtues of the translation before - suffice it to reread this post or Rick’s [...]
I’ve just come across a series of posts by Will at a blog titled Anwoth that echo comments I’ve made regarding the ESV and HCSB translations. Be sure to read the comments of each one for additional insight and discussion.
Evaluating the HCSB
Why the ESV Will Outlive the HCSB
Three Reasons the HCSB will Fall to the [...]
We’re all familiar with the Great Commission, Jesus’ charge to his disciples to preach the message of the gospel:
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the [...]
DMHO survived their “white funk” performance on The Next Great American Band to play again, this time a rendition of “I’m Free” by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (it was a Rolling Stones “theme week” - all the bands played songs written by the Stones).
It was a solid performance, but the judges clearly now want [...]
HT: Bible Basics
THERE is the story of a man who died and arrived at the gates of eternity for a guided tour by a guardian angel.
The angel took him to Hell, which was a large banquet room with a huge table loaded with food. Surrounding the table were emaciated, groaning people.
The man asked why Hell’s [...]
We spend a lot of misdirected time and energy in the United States on the issue of ’separation of church and state’. The judicial system spends countless time and money expelling any practice of religious or faith-based “ideology” from our schools, malls, government edifices, etc. when the reality of the concept was to protect the [...]