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The Mirror & the Telescope, Part IV
THE MIRROR & THE TELESCOPE, PART IV: THE HERMENEUTICAL KEY The dual subject view of biblical revelation obviously raises questions of how we should understand what the Bible is disclosing to us...
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John Wenham: An Appreciation
Recently, I had the opportunity to read the autobiography of the late British biblical scholar, John Wenham, entitled Facing Hell: The Story of a Nobody. I had tracked down this out-of-print book...
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The Only Book I Will Buy This Year…
I have made a commitment/resolution not to buy any non-required books in 2011, being that the number of volumes I bought in the last quarter of 2010 ought to provide me with enough reading material for...
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Pausing on Good Friday
(This post also appears at Things & Stuff.) Good Friday marks the day that Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a sombre day of fasting, reflection and repentance. Throughout this...
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Will tomorrow be the ‘end of the world’?
Maybe, but I’m suspecting no. [Greg adds: Suspicion was correct.] Readers will no doubt have heard about a Christian group going around, informing the world that 21 May 2011 is the day that God will...
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Returning to the Cloud: Fall/Autumn 2011 Preview
Greetings to our faithful cadre of subscribers & readers…it has been some time since I’ve posted anything on our humble little weblog here (due to a overloaded class schedule at Fuller Seminary...
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Imaging the Kingdom V: Agnosticism in the kingdom of God
This long-overdue installment of Imaging the Kingdom will be focusing on what I consider to be a healthy degree of agnosticism in the Christian faith, and I’d like to begin with a personal story. In...
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Why I am not a Scientologist
Last Spring it was revealed that one of my favourite directors, Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood) was trying to pitch a new film to a...
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The World Unchained
WARNING: Contains spoilers This article was originally published in the February 2013 newsletter for Govan & Linthouse Parish Church, Glasgow. Last week I had the opportunity to go to a screening...
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God & the Dentist
Courtesy of jesus-withyoualways.com Below is, as it is with all opinion posts, an outline of my opinion on a particular topic. Please feel free to disagree or to challenge my views, but please also...
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