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Two weeks ago in The Bible is not the Gospel I made the controversial claim that the Gospel is more important than the Bible. We are called to preach the Gospel not preach the Bible. And the overwhelming witness of the New Testament is that Jesus and all preachers after him used the Old [...]
So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. (Acts 8:35, NET) This is my fourth year teaching exegesis to Mozambican Bible college students. I walk a fine line between getting the students to interpret the Scriptures properly [...]
For my New Testament class this year I’ve decided to try developing a core of study materials for my students using Open Source online resources. Our current curriculum is based on some pretty thin course materials including translations of study guides and illegal photocopies of books. Intro and outline For [...]
Sister Encarnación: Well, my favorite color is light tan. My favorite animal is puppies. I like serving the Lord. Hiking, play volleyball…
Nacho: You gotta be kidding me. Everything you just said, is MY favorite thing to do, every day!
From the movie Nacho Libre
I nodded off last night watching The Star of Bethlehem, a DVD proving [...]
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. (2 Corinthians 9:6, NIV) For those of you who are younger I should explain. The thing in the photo is called a “floppy” or in the UK a [...]
“Coded references to biblical passages are inscribed on gunsights widely used by the US and British military in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has emerged.” BBC: Gunsights’ biblical references concern US and UK forces Image: Daily Mail A friend suggested MT10:34, “Do not suppose [...]
I got some interesting responses to a Facebook update: Mike 1: So either a smaller bucket (not desirable), a bigger eye-dropper (nice if you can get one), or be patient about filling the bucket. Eddie: How many [...]
Note: This post originally included content that unfairly criticized a fellow blogger. I apologize for that. At the same time the comment thread contains ideas worth saving and the topic itself is more important than it should be. Numbers in the Bible are loosely symbolic at times but the internal [...]
These are two different loops I made fooling around with my new Boss RC-2. The music itself is inspired by the recent spate of posts in the blogosphere about the best way to translate Luke 2:14. This first sample is definitely the funkier of the two. It features me making various [...]
No chapter tonight for the book. I made it 22 days in a row but choked today. I haven’t had writer’s block so much as a certain lack of direction. I’ve been struggling to find the thread of the plot on these final chapters. I’d like things to end with a bang (sometime around 2007). [...]
It was a dark and stormy night. The rain falls. The termites rise. The streets are empty except for thieves about to begin their nightly rounds. We were taught at Kenya Safari that the key to survival in Africa is contingency planning. Contingency planning means imagining all the really awful things that could happen to [...]
I’ve chosen Hippo Hunting as the working title for my book. Pat me on the back because I just got half way to the goal of 50,000 words before the end of the month. After 15 days of writing I’ve managed 25,248 words. A lot of it is drivel. Some of it is really depressing. [...]
