The Biblioblog Reference Library

May 22 2013, 8PM

Churning to make butter by ferrelljenkins via Ferrell's Travel Blog (#5311)

Churning Butter When I was a kid in the rural south, churning was done in a heavy duty ceramic pot. Butter was made by moving the stick (which had a sort of paddle attached) up and down. I did not live in Colonial times, but the churn we used looked ve... [Archaeology] [Bible Lands] [Bible Places] [Bible study] [Culture] [israel] [Jordan] [old testament] [Photography] [Travel]

6PM

For the First Time Ever, I Wish I Was in St Louis by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5309)

Here’s why I would love to see this game live. I’ll be watching it- but oh to be there live…. Filed under: soccer [soccer]

Christ in the Psalms by [Unnamed] via BibleX (#5307)

Nicolas Batzig has an interesting post on seeing Christ in the Psalms. I found the criticism of Calvin's approach particularly interesting. [old testament] [Psalms] [Messianic] [jesus] [Interpretation]

Texas Has the Most by Scot McKnight via Jesus Creed (#5310)

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5PM

Well the Pope is Wrong by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5306)

From the twitter- Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics http://zite.to/Ze4Oo8 Well he’s wrong. NO ONE is saved by doing good. No one. The Pope has evidently never bothered to read Galatians 2- For by grace ... [theology]

How to request a couple of boat parts – ancient Egyptian fashion by stalinsmoustache via STALIN'S MOUSTACHE (#5308)

The scribes of ancient Egypt certainly had their hands full with even the most simple of letters. For instance: It is the servant of the estate Sekhsekh’s son Inetsu who addresses the lord (may he live, be prosperous and healthy), Sekhsekh’s s... [Sacred Economy] [Total Depravity] [altruism] [boat parts] [Egypt] [pomp]

3PM

Announcing Logos Mobile Education by Dale Pritchett via Logos Bible Software Blog (#5301)

As one of the cofounders of Logos, I’ve seen and experienced every turn in the road of Bible software over the past 22 years. People often ask me if my son Bob—Logos’ CEO—or I ever imagined that Logos would grow the way it has: Did... [Misc] [education] [mobile education]

The Power of Ambiguity: Agrama’s Questioning Secularism by Anthony Paul Smith via An und für sich (#5304)

Rarely has a book excited me lately as much as Hussein Ali Agrama’s recent Questioning Secularism: Islam, Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt (University of Chicago Press, 2012) did. It helped me to clarify some of my own thinking reg... [secularism]

New Book by Sergey Dolgopolski on the Talmud by Menachem Mendel via Menachem Mendel (#5300)

Sergey Dolgopolski, the author of What Is Talmud?: The Art of Disagreement, has a new book on the Talmud, The Open Past: Subjectivity and Remembering in the Talmud. If life in time is imminent and means an always open future, what role remains for the pas... [New Books] [Talmud] [Talmud Study]

Creation in Mark’s Prologue by Nick Norelli via Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (#5305)

I was sitting at work this morning thinking about Mark’s prologue and began reflecting on the creation theme that’s present. Mark begins with a “beginning,” an αρχη just as LXX Genesis does. We also see God speaking from heaven... [Biblical Studies] [New Testament]

The Faith of Jesus Christ—Part 1 by exegete77 via “believe, teach, and confess” (#5303)

Faithfulness of Jesus Christ? Or faith in Jesus Christ? In my continuing look at translations, I have come upon an …Continue reading » [New Testament] [NIV 2011] [translations]

2PM

Pentecostal Pastor Arrested in Iran by Brian Fulthorp via συνεσταύρωμαι: living the crucified life (#5302)

From Assemblies of God General Superintendent George O Wood’s blog: Security forces in Iran arrested Pastor Robert Asserian yesterday, May 21, after disrupting a morning prayer service in progress at Central Assembly of God in Tehran. Before going t... [Uncategorized]

1PM

Soldier Beheaded in Islamist Terror Attack in London by Fr Stephen Smuts via Fr Stephen Smuts (#5299)

Two suspected terrorists were shot by armed police after attacking a pedestrian, believed to be a soldier, with a machete-style knife close to military barracks in an ‘Islamist attack’. The Telegraph: Local MP Nick Raynsford said he had been t... [Culture] [evil] [Falleness] [Islam] [London] [news] [Terror] [UK]

Center for New Testament Studies’ New Testament Critical Apparatus is on @LogosPrePub by Joel via Unsettled Christianity (#5297)

Here. The Center for New Testament Textual Studies (CNTTS) New Testament Critical Apparatus is the most detailed and comprehensive critical apparatus on the market. Existing only in digital format, this database provides almost 17,000 pages of compiled da... [Logos Bible Software]

@ivpacademic’s Holy War in the Bible – some videos by Joel via Unsettled Christianity (#5298)

I received this in the mail late last week, and will review it later, but for now, here are some videos. You’ll note fan favorite Timothy Gombis has a video and an essay. Anyway…The book: The challenge of a seemingly genocidal God who comman... [Books] [Heath A. Thomas] [ivp-academic] [Jeremy Evans] [Paul Copan] [Timothy Gombis]

Get 25% Off the Post-Reformation Catholic Thought and Piety Collection (27 vols.) by Aric Nesheim via Logos Bible Software Blog (#5293)

What does it mean to pray? How is it that we enter God’s presence through devotion and meditation? What is the meaning of suffering? These are the kinds of questions asked by many of the sixteenth century’s great Christian mystics, scholars, and s... [Products] [16th century] [Catholicism] [post-reformation] [Pre-Pub] [protestantism] [thought and piety]

12 PM

A Koine Greek Romance - Learn To Speak Biblical Greek by [Unnamed] via Pisteuomen (#5292)

Check out this silly comic short that I recently made. Oh, and if you want to learn biblical Greek / Koine Greek online, then the Conversational Koine Institute is the place to do it. Check out the website and register for upcoming events and classes at w... [Conversational Biblical Greek] [Conversational Koine] [Conversational Koine Institute] [Koine Greek] [Koine] [Conversational Greek] [Greek] [GlossaHouse] [Michael Halcomb] [Ancient Greek]

A Whirlwind of Inconsistencies by James F. McGrath via Exploring Our Matrix (#5295)

In the wake of the devastating tornado in Oklahoma, a number of people have drawn attention to John Piper’s tweet of Job 1:19. Far from this verse indicating the notion that God is judging Oklahoma (which is what some have come to expect to hear fr... [atheism] [Book of Job] [Christianity] [Theodicy] [disaster] [John Piper] [Oklahoma] [problem of evil] [suffering] [tornado] [tragedy] [tweet]

I’m Thankful For the Overwhelming and Swift Reaction of Muslims to Woolwich by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5294)

Here’s just one example of the many, many, many tweets from Muslims in response to the Woolwich horror: There are really wonderful, decent, compassionate, sensible Muslims and they deserve our respect and they also deserve not to be lumped in with ... [Islam]

Opening Paul's Letters by John Byron via The Biblical World (#5296)

Of the 27 books in the New Testament 21 are classified as letters and another, Revelation, contains seven letters to churches. But readers of the New Testament don’t always realize that they are reading other people’s mail. I remember when the light f... [The Professor's Bookshelf]

Pope Francis: The Lord Has Redeemed All of Us…Even Atheists! by Fr Stephen Smuts via Fr Stephen Smuts (#5291)

The Lord has redeemed everyone with the Blood of Christ, including atheists. So says, Pope Francis: As he celebrated Mass this morning, Francis said that the possibility of doing good is part of creation, and that Christ redeemed all of us, not only Catho... [church] [atheism] [Catholic] [Christianity] [faith] [news] [Pope Francis] [theology]

11AM

Problem Passages: Ephesians 5:22 by kbonikowsky via The Happy Surprise (#5287)

This verse is the mother of complementarianism. It establishes their core belief that God wants marriage to follow a pattern based on gender. To the egalitarian, this verse exemplifies the previous verse: submitting each to the other. Simply because Paul ... [authority] [Ephesians 5] [Problem Passages] [submission] [women]

Cameron’s Reaction to the Woolwich Barbarity by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5288)

Speaking in Paris alongside Francois Hollande, the French president, David Cameron says Britain has faced terror attacks such as the one in Woolwich before and adds: “We will never buckle in the face of it.” The Telegraph is doing a brilliant ... [Total Depravity]

Retelling Romans 2:17-29 by James F. McGrath via Exploring Our Matrix (#5290)

So you call yourself a Christian, and rely on the Bible, and boast in God, knowing God’s will and discerning what really matters because you’ve received Biblical instruction, being confident in your own ability to be a guide to the blind and a... [Romans] [paraphrase]

Strategies for memorization of the psalms by Bob MacDonald via Dust (#5286)

We have just returned from a 7100 km book tour by car - really! Over the past month I have presented the ideas in the book, Seeing the Psalter, to high-school students, an adult education group, Hebrew professors, musicians, friends, and family.... [Psalms] [memorizing]

Such Inhuman Barbarity by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5289)

Such wickedness Armed police called to the scene near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, London, shot and injured two suspects. Woolwich and Greenwich MP Nick Raynsford said both were in a serious condition in hospital. One witness, identified as J... [Total Depravity]

10AM

Trenzalore by James F. McGrath via Exploring Our Matrix (#5285)

Click here to view the embedded video. It looks like the tech folks at Patheos, who have been working hard on figuring out what was wrong with my blog, have made some progress! And since there is one place in the cosmos that a blogger must never go –... [Doctor Who] [music] [score] [soundtrack] [Trenzalore]

Does Music Help Learning? by Scot McKnight via Jesus Creed (#5280)

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Best Football Penalty Video EVER by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5279)

Over in the Thai Premier League, Muangthong United’s Mario Gjurovski picked up what may just be the dumbest red card ever administered when his side played TOT Sport Club recently. Having dinked a slinky little chip over the TOT ‘keeper, Gjur... [soccer]

9AM

I wish I could come up with a better title about what Pope Francis just said by Joel via Unsettled Christianity (#5278)

But I can’t. Here: “The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the image of the Lord, and He does good and all of us have this commandment at heart: do good and do not do evil. All of us. ‘But, Father, this is not Catholic! He... [theology] [Pope Francis I] [universal reconciliation]

The Clock Is Ticking: Take $400 Off the NICOT/NICNT! by Jayson Bradley via Logos Bible Software Blog (#5276)

Did you know you can save $400 on the New International Commentary on the Old and New Testament? It’s true: you can get $400 off right now with coupon code NICOTNT. But you’ll want to act fast—this offer is good only through the end of M... [Products] [deals] [discount] [nicot] [nicotnt] [sales] [top product]

8AM

Brutally Manipulative Church Sign by agathos via (#5273)

Manipulation and guilt wrapped up into one sign: If the manipulation of this sign could possibly guilt you in to giving away your hard-earned money; if it could convince you to put your money into a plate from which you will have no return whatsoever. N... [Bad Theology] [Delusion] [evil] [Insanity] [Lying For Jesus] [Mammonianity] [religion] [Stupid People] [religion] [Tithing]

John Marsh, George Caird and Oxford in 1970 by Mark Goodacre via NT Blog (#5277)

This fascinating video from 1970 celebrates John Marsh (1904-1994), who was principal of Mansfield College, Oxford from 1953 to 1970. New Testament scholars know him from his Pelican New Testament Commentary Saint John, which was I think the first b...

Ruth Calderon’s Heder by Menachem Mendel via Menachem Mendel (#5275)

Ruth Calderon used to have a show on Israeli TV called החדר. The shows featured Calderon and a guest or two who addressed issues relating to Judaism and Jewish culture, Zionism, Jewish texts, and Israeli culture. Archived videos of the program can be ... [Israeli Culture] [Israeli History] [Religion in Israel] [Zionism]

War and Life Afterwards: An Interview with Brian Castner by LouAnn Lofton via Kashow [Depreciated] (#5269)

Brian Castner We’re honored that Brian Castner, Iraq War veteran and author of The Long Walk, makes his official online home right here at WordPress.com. Brian’s history and work are fascinating, as are the writing and photographs he shares on... [Community] [Profile] [author] [blogger profile] [Brian Castner] [The Long Walk]

War and Life Afterwards: An Interview with Brian Castner by LouAnn Lofton via Zetetikos [Depreciated] (#5268)

Hodge Smacks Down Darwin by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5270)

A fun post over at Calvinist International suggests A modern reader might be surprised to learn that Hodge was not a biblical fundamentalist who defended a literal interpretation of Genesis. Although he was a biblical theologian, he accepted scientific ev... [theology]

6 El Espíritu Santo en la Biblia: La rebeldía contra el Espíritu Santo (Is 63, 7-14) by rsanzcarrera via Escritura_Sagrada (#5266)

Texto a estudiar Is 63, 7-14 7 Voy a celebrar las gracias del Señor, las alabanzas del Señor. .. 8 Porque dijo: «Ciertamente son mi pueblo, hijos que no me engañarán». y fue para ellos un salvador. 9 En todas sus angustias no fue un mensajero o un �... [Nuevo Testamento] [Profeticos] [biblia] [comentario] [Espiritu Santo] [exegesis] [historia] [iglesia] [Isaias] [la biblia] [Profetas]

Ambrose's Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician 6 by James Pate via James' Thoughts and Musings (#5267)

My blog post today on Stephen Ambrose's Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972 will concern Ambrose's narration on pages 172-174. The topic of this post is the impact of Nixon's advisers on Nixon, and the question of whether Nixon's Preside... [Ronald Reagan] [Very Strange Bedfellows] [Stephen Ambrose's Nixon] [Year (or More) of Nixon] [politics] [history]

7AM

Let the Condemned God Die by jmyers@tillhecomes.org (Jeremy Myers) via TILL HE COMES (#5274)

Have you ever heard someone say that God cannot be near sin? That sin cannot be in God’s presence? That the reason sinners are separated from God is because God is so holy and since we are sinners, we cannot be in the presence of God? Sin Cannot be ... [When God Pled Guilty]

And the Winner of the Internet Today Is… by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5271)

This one (and several more- look at them all) German is awesome precisely because it ALWAYS sounds like yelling. Even when it isn’t. Filed under: Humor Tagged: German [humor] [German]

Myers Briggs Pushback by Scot McKnight via Jesus Creed (#5281)

From Roman Krznaric: I have some bad news for you: Even the most sophisticated tests have considerable flaws. Take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the world’s most popular psychometric test, which is based on Jung’s theory of personali... [Uncategorized]

There Are Signs If You’ve Been Teaching Too Long… by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5272)

31 of them. Thankfully, I’ve only seen myself in 28. But this one most of all- 11. You get irrationally mad when you realize the internet is ruining students’ grammar. That sort of thing is an automatic F. Filed under: misery, mockery, Moder... [misery] [mockery] [Modern Culture]

Blog Issues by James F. McGrath via Exploring Our Matrix (#5264)

As regular readers have presumably already noticed, there are some hiccups with this blog at the moment which are beyond my control. There seems to be a workaround – if you type “cp” in place of “www” in the URL of a page add... [Uncategorized] [blog] [comments] [Disqus] [errors] [feed] [Patheos] [RSS]

6AM

You Know, Humor is Humor Because It’s Mostly Truth With Just a Touch of Exaggeration by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5263)

via Rudolf Bultmann on the twitter Filed under: mockery Tagged: Taylor Swift [mockery] [Taylor Swift]

Josephus, Dean Printer, and Luke, but no Farrer (Jesus is Lord, Caesar is Not @ivpacademic) by Joel via Unsettled Christianity (#5260)

Admittedly, I have never read Dean Printer before, but I have read Josephus and I have read Luke. When it comes to Josephus, I suspect Printer and I will disagree about him and his hidden transcripts, but will agree when it comes to Luke. Unlike Willitts ... [Books] [Luke] [Dean Printer] [Empire Criticism] [Josephus]

Wednesday Roundup by Todd Bolen via BiblePlaces Blog (#5259)

Matti Friedman posts new photos and information about the royal (proto-Aeolic) capital discovered in a water tunnel not far from Bethlehem. The first official Israeli exhibit in the Louvre is the Lod Mosaic. It opens tomorrow and runs through August 19. ... [Galilee] [Jerusalem] [Resources] [Museums] [Discoveries]

5AM

The power of addiction by jps via Idle musings of a bookseller (#5261)

..if you give a laboratory rat a choice between cocaine and food, he will choose the cocaine, because cocaine is a more powerful cause of pleasure and thus a stronger signal of success than is food. Incredibly, this will remain true even as death by starv... [food]

The dead by jps via Idle musings of a bookseller (#5262)

The significant omission of specialized vessels for libation and incense burning is perhaps best understood by presuming that the dead in Šĕʾōl did not need to sacrifice anything. Moreover, no sacrifices were performed by the bereaved in the cave prop... [Idle Musings] [Books]

Interpreting the Pauline Letters by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5256)

This volume arrived courtesy of Kregel Academic: The inaugural volume in the Handbooks for New Testament Exegesis series, Interpreting the Pauline Letters begins by exploring the components of narrative–setting, characterization, and plot–and ... [Biblical Studies Resources] [book review] [Books]

Where in the World is Chris Tilling Now? by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5257)

He’s supplementing his income as a lecturer with dance lessons at the local big box store he works at- Oh Chris… life has been hard on ya! You’re looking really old. Filed under: Friends [Friends]

Man Commits Suicide Inside Notre Dame by Fr Stephen Smuts via Fr Stephen Smuts (#5253)

Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head. It’s the first suicide in decades at the landmark site, ... [church] [death] [evil] [Falleness] [France] [news] [Notre Dame Cathedral] [Suicide]

What the Anglo-Catholics Have to Offer to Anglicanism by Fr Stephen Smuts via Fr Stephen Smuts (#5254)

Via Ordinariate Expats: Those who have read the recent post on Fr. Philip’s North lead story in the May 2013 issue of New Directions may well have wondered what the specific gifts are which in Philip North’s view the Anglo-Catholics have to offer to t... [church] [Anglican] [Anglicanorum Coetibus] [Anglo-Catholic] [Christianity] [Traditional Anglican]

Zacharias Ursinus on YouTube by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5258)

Via Refo500 Filed under: Church History, Ursinus [Church History] [Ursinus]

SA Police Service Website Hacked by Fr Stephen Smuts via Fr Stephen Smuts (#5255)

With some disastrous consequences: Nearly 16 000 whistle-blowers have had their personal details published online after a cyberattack on the SAPS website. Hundreds of police officers’ names, ranks and contact details were also uploaded by the hacker, w... [Culture] [Crime] [Falleness] [Hackers] [internet] [news] [Police] [SAPS] [Technology]

4AM

What St. Paul and the Franciscans can tell us about neoliberalism by Adam Kotsko via An und für sich (#5252)

Last night, I presented this paper (PDF) to the Paul of Tarsus Interdisciplinary Working Group at Northwestern University. In it, I try to situate The Highest Poverty in relation to Agamben’s work since The Kingdom and the Glory, and at the end, I ... [Agamben] [Economics] [Negri] [neoliberalism]

The Cairo Genizah on the Radio by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5250)

From the Genizah Research Unit, announcing A whole week of programmes on Radio 3 dedicated to the Cairo Genizah. It’s in the series ‘The Essay’, which is on at 10.45 pm. Though all 5 shows will be available on iPlayer and to download as podcasts... [Biblical Studies Resources] [BBC Radio 3] [Cairo Genizah]

Words of Warning by Jim via Zwinglius Redivivus (#5251)

In Archeteles Zwingli wrote concerning the false teachings spewing from Rome We warn you again, dearly beloved, not to trust wantonly to these destructive utterances, nor feed the fever of fallacy with acceptance of fallacy, nor take poison for a healing ... [Church History] [Zwingli]

My Science Block by James Pate via James' Thoughts and Musings (#5249)

On pages 48-49 of The Language God Talks: On Science and Religion, Herman Wouk states:"A distinguished physicist once gave me a book of his inscribed, 'To Herman Wouk, one of the few who does not write if he does not understand.' Not true here, alas... [school] [evolution] [Life] [The Language God Talks] [religion]

3AM

Dr. Robert Price Reviews Our Book "God or Godless" by John W. Loftus via Debunking Christianity (#5247)

In the most recent June/July issue of Free Inquiry magazine, Robert Price congratulates Baker Books for publishing our book, saying, "It represents a departure from the traditional evangelical Christian resistance to let readers, hearers, and student...

Fluid bodies in the ancient Near East: animal-human continuities by stalinsmoustache via STALIN'S MOUSTACHE (#5248)

One of my arguments in The Sacred Economy, at least in the chapter called ‘On Fluid Bodies: Clans, Households, and Patrons,’ is that the ancient Near Eastern clan included both human beings and domestic animals in a continuum. I base this on ... [anatomy] [hairy creatures of God] [Sacred Economy] [ancient Near East] [animal] [fluids] [human]

Bring Back Paul! by Scot McKnight via Jesus Creed (#5282)

Various groups have a favorite biblical figure in the back pocket. The Anabaptists of today have Jesus and so do the Protestant mainliners, and then there are the more theological Reformed groups who have Paul in their back pocket. No one seems to care mu... [Paul]

2AM

Ephesians 6.21 in Sinaiticus and NA28 by Peter M. Head via Evangelical Textual Criticism (#5246)

Eph 6.21 in the NA28 has probably one of the most complex things ever seen in an apparatus. Whereas NA27 simply cited Sinaiticus in support of the txt at the word order variant: PANTA GNWRISEI UMIN TUXIKOS; NA28 now has: ALEPH in support of the same readi...

Preachers and Presidents... by Ken Schenck via Quadrilateral Thoughts (#5244)

It was announced yesterday that IWU has a new president. Provost David Wright has become President David Wright. Dr. Wright is well known far and wide for his innovation, his burden for global witness (he's an MK by heritage), his academic-ins... [David Wright] [Preaching] [Keith Drury] [Steve Deneff] [Wayne Schmidt] [Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University] [IWU]

Bill Maher and the Bowl of Common Sense: White Atheism and Islamophobia, Part 2 by Donovan Schaefer via Bulletin for the Study of Religion (#5245)

by Donovan Schaefer * Part 1 of this two-part series, entitled “On the Muslim Question: White Atheism and Islamophobia,” can be found here. Comedy makes me uncomfortable. Comedy starts with the creation of a zone of common sense, then define... [Donovan Schaefer] [Politics and Religion] [Religion and Popular Culture] [Religion and Society] [Religion and Theory] [Theory in the Real World] [Uncategorized] [Bill Maher] [Islamophobia]

1AM

“My Brother Esau is a Hairy Man”: Hair and Identity in Ancient Israel by camelknee24 via Biblical and Early Christian Studies (#5242)

2013.05.09 | Susan Niditch. “My Brother Esau is a Hairy Man”: Hair and Identity in Ancient Israel. Oxford: OUP, 2008. Pp. 168. ISBN: 978-0-19-518114-2. Hardback. Review by JiSeong Kwon, Durham University. Many thanks to OUP for kindly providing us ... [HB/OT] [Identity] [JiSeong Kwon] [Oxford University Press] [Susan NIDITCH]

Oklahoma by Steve Wiggins via Sects and Violence in the Ancient World (#5243)

The tragedy outside Oklahoma City transcends petty human differences. Tornadoes, no matter how we dress them up, look like the wrath of God incarnate. The fifteen years I spent in the Midwest were filled with literal nightmares of tornadoes and even a f... [Bible] [Current Events] [Memoirs] [Natural Disasters] [Posts] [Psalms] [Weather] [Hurricane Andrew] [Hurricane Katrina] [Hurricane Sandy] [Illinois] [New York City] [Oklahoma] [Oklahoma City] [tornado]

12 AM

Semi-Regular Weekly Poll by Timothy via Catholic Bibles (#5241)

Which Protestant Translation Do You Like To Use? KJV/NKJV NASB NIV NLT ESV HCSB The Message Freeblogpolls More polls: Free polls [Poll]

May 21, 11PM

Ruth: Goed opletten en blijven by JP vd Giessen via Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel (#5240)

Toen zei Boaz tegen Ruth: U hebt het gehoord, nietwaar, mijn dochter? Ga niet op een andere akker aren rapen. Ook moet u hier niet weggaan, maar u moet dicht bij de meisjes blijven die voor mij werken. Ruth 2:8 (HSV) We komen nu in het gedeelte waarin Rut... [Bijbelstudie] [Ruth]

10PM

The Durham Chronicles— Visit to York Part Four by Ben Witherington via The Bible and Culture (#5265)

Saturday, since time immemorial in the U.K., is market day… and when market day happens in old York, all the buskers, blowers, crooners, bangers, players of music show up to entertain, along with jugglers, actors and ghost hunters. It’s rather... [Uncategorized]

A Warning to My Students from Gandalf by Michael F. Bird via Euangelion (#5239)

For my Ridley College students during this exam/essay season, heed the LOTR wisdom: [Uncategorized]

They Killed Him, but God Raised Him by Scot McKnight via Jesus Creed (#5283)

The earliest description of the death of Jesus, if one takes the texts at face value and as historical records, which means taking Acts 2 seriously as an interpretation of the death of Jesus 50 days after Easter, sees the death of Jesus as (1) appointed b... [Uncategorized]