Monthly Archives: April 2011

UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields Predictions

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

Tonight’s UFC begins in less than an hour. Four preliminary bouts will be broadcast on Facebook starting at 6 PM (EST) while two prelims will air on Spike TV at 8 PM and the pay-per-view will air at the new … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Think He Meant to Say That

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

In a few hours UFC welterweight champion (and in my opinion pound for pound best fighter in the world) Georges St-Pierre will be defending his title against Jake Shields. The UFC usually does a show called UFC Primetime leading up … Continue reading →

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Gorgias Press Pre-Summer Sale

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

I just received an email announcing Gorgias Press’ pre-summer sale. You can check it out here. There’s a book called Midrash and the Exegetical Mind that looks particularly interesting. It’s a compilation of papers that were presented at the 2008 … Continue reading →

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Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus (Vol. 5) Sample Pages Online

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

I have the first four volumes in Michael Brown’s Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus series [one, two, three, four] and I’ve enjoyed them all greatly. The fifth volume was published last year with a different publisher (Purple Pomegranate Productions) from … Continue reading →

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How About Jude?

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Nijay Gupta posted some thoughts on Rob Bell’s Love Wins in response to John MacArthur’s review of the same book. I haven’t read Bell’s book or MacArthur’s review but neither of those things interest me at the moment (I doubt … Continue reading →

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What Up with Google Reader?

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Has anyone else been having any problems with Google Reader in the past hour or so? Sometimes it’ll load but not let me check the feeds. Other times it won’t even load and I get some kind of service error … Continue reading →

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Twitter Beefs

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

The only thing I find more ridiculous than Twitter in and of itself are Twitter beefs. Why people take to arguing in 140 characters or less is beyond me. Could you imagine really important people beefing on Twitter? B”H

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Speak of the Devil

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Or, the mark of the beast at least. I just saw that Peter Leithart posted something yesterday on the mark of the beast. His post was entitled Hand and Forehead and he said: Beale notes the connection between the mark … Continue reading →

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Mimicking/Mocking Mark

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

My pastor just called me and pointed out a connection that I had never seen before. He noted how the mark of the beast mimics the tefillin in its placement on the hands and forehead. I never even thought about … Continue reading →

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In the Mail

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

My NLT Slimline Reference Bible came in today. It’s really nice; I like the black bonded leather cover, silver-gilded pages, and ribbon marker. The text is a nice size that’s really easy on the eyes. The center-column reference is good … Continue reading →

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