Monthly Archives: December 2010
Days of Fasting — Didache 8:1
Not the most appropriate post title for the season. I got a lovely editing of the Apostolic Fathers (early church writings that overlap and just post-date the new testament) in greek yesterday. Reading through the Didache (an early work that … Continue reading
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The Cross and The Table — Vox Pops
The cross is not the central image of Christianity; it is the table. From a comment by zero1ghost on my last post. What do you think?
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The Divinity of Jesus — Part 3 of 3
This is the third post in the series. The first is here, and the second here. I’m going to use some jargon I introduced in those posts, so I suggest you look there first. — In the last two weeks … Continue reading
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The Divinity of Jesus — Part 2 of 3
This is part two in a three part series, part one is here. Please read that post, otherwise my jargon may be confusing! — Following on from the last post, I’m still thinking about monotheism and polytheism, but the distinction … Continue reading
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Pro-Life
I terminated the call with a wave of my hand, then cupped my forehead with it. “Crap!” “We’re losing, sir?” came the mellifluous voice of my assistant, Jane, rising from nowhere. “Yeah, we’re down.” I made eye contact with her … Continue reading
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The Divinity of Jesus — Part 1 of 3
In an attempt to split my tendency for overly long posts, I want to develop a thought in three parts. In the third part I’ll fully credit and migrate into a review of Larry Hurtado’s books, which sparked this train … Continue reading
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Spot the Source
Okay you biblie-philes, here’s something a bit diffferent. This is a video with lyrics of Robin Mark’s worship song “Days of Elijah”. Unlike most of the “Jesus, we just really want to worship you*” kind of song lyrics, these are … Continue reading
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The Sea of Faith
Late to this party, I know, but I finished reading Don Cupitt’s Sea of Faith, his argument for a non-realism in religion. I found it rather underwhelming, I have to say. The introduction was excellent, and the last chapter was … Continue reading
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A Race Against Time Before Christmas
I have a stack of books on my wishlist for Christmas. Because of the way Amazon works, I can see that many of them have been bought for me. Unfortunately I have a stack of books I had pencilled in … Continue reading
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Meme 02: Polyglot
James at Exploring our Matrix started a meme asking folks to list the languages they’ve learned or started learning. His list blows mine away, but once I started compiling mine, it was longer than I thought! So here we go … Continue reading
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