Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Quotable Walton 1

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

As I said in my review of John Walton’s The Lost World of Genesis One, I have quotable portions underlined on nearly every other page, so since they didn’t make the review I’ll just post them separately and randomly for … Continue reading →

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Movie Notes

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

The Final — Think Saw meets Columbine, throw in an annoying Canadian ring leader that used to be on Degrassi: The [obnoxious] Next Generation (not the original The Kids of Degrassi Street mind you), and you have another in a … Continue reading →

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The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

Walton, John H. The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009. Pp. 192. Paper. $16.00. Westminster Bookstore | Amazon | Eisenbrauns | CBD . . The Lost World of Genesis … Continue reading →

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Functional Gnosticism

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

I’m slowly beginning to realize just how much emphasis people put on heaven over resurrection.  I’ve said in the past that I never saw it in the church I ‘grew up’ in because my pastor preached regularly about the new … Continue reading →

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I’m Beat

Posted on March 20, 2010 by

I spent the day shoveling dirt and pushing a wheelbarrow back and forth from my sister’s driveway to behind the shed in her back yard.  I’m exhausted at the moment and I’m fairly sure I pulled a muscle.  If I … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on March 20, 2010 by

Kevin Edgecomb: It is a failure to try to systematize the non-systematic. It is quite patently the case that Greek Orthodox Patristic writing is not systematic. Systematizing such a thing is a grave mistake. As they say in the Pentecostal … Continue reading →

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I Got It!

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

After spending a good part of today working on my church’s website I figured out a way to achieve what I wanted to achieve in adding a sidebar to the right.  Mind you, I’m sure I haven’t done it the … Continue reading →

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Headaches (or, I Wish I Knew CSS)

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

I’ve spent quite a bit of time today monkeying around with my church’s website in an attempt to add a sidebar to the right of a certain page (as a test) but unfortunately I can’t figure out how to do … Continue reading →

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In the Mail

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

Eerdmans sent a copy of Peter T. O’Brien’s The Letter to the Hebrews in the Pillar NT commentary series.  After reason Susan Docherty’s book on The Use of the Old Testament in Hebrews, in which she notes a uniform lack … Continue reading →

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Annoying!

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

UFC welterweight Jon Fitch has been saying for the past month-and-a-half or so that if he stops Thiago Alvez in their rematch coming up at UFC 111 on March 27 then he’ll be able to have done twice what UFC … Continue reading →

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