Category Archives: Church of God

Major And Minor, Or How To Have A Productive Day While In Bed

Posted on November 12, 2018 by

By the time any of you read this, much of it will probably be out of date, but sometimes I write for myself and only incidentally and accidentally for anyone else.  I thought it might be entertaining for some of … Continue reading →

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With Visions Of Basil Wolverton’s Drawings Dancing In My Head

Posted on November 11, 2018 by

When I think of Noah’s flood [1], I think of Basil Wolverton’s drawings from The Bible Story.  Maybe not everyone has that sort of association, but for me, the childhood sight of those faces in deep distress as their world … Continue reading →

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Portland Anonymous: Fragment Eight

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

I have to admit I was a bit surprised when we were given the chance to have the first interview where #N/A talked after his identity was known.  It was strange for us, because we are a small church and … Continue reading →

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A Dialogue Concerning The Resurrections

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

[Note:  For the record, neither of these are stand-ins for the author, though both speak as the author does on occasion, in the elevated manner of a formal scholarly disputation.] Tertius – I saw you shaking your head at both … Continue reading →

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Woe To The Scribes And Pharisees: Part Three

Posted on November 3, 2018 by

In our closing section of this particular discussion [1], it is worthwhile to discuss the melancholy nature of the origin of conflict between the biblical worldview of Christianity and the Talmudic worldview of the scribes and Pharisees that formed the … Continue reading →

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Woe To The Scribes And Pharisees: Part Two

Posted on November 1, 2018 by

Having previously examined the kal vahomer approach of Jesus Christ that exposed the gap between the Pharisees’ perception of their own righteousness and the way it was viewed by God, it is worthwhile to examine the gap between the legitimate … Continue reading →

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Woe To The Scribes And Pharisees: Part One

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

As is sometimes the case, I would like to take a familiar biblical passage and make it a bit less familiar by discussing aspects of the passage that are not generally known.  Before I begin this process, I would like … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Bad Religion

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

Bad Religion:  How We Became A Nation Of Heretics, by Ross Douthat This book was hard for me to finish, not because it was a bad book, but because it felt like the author was missing something.  A large part … Continue reading →

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Walls Of Separation

Posted on October 22, 2018 by

A bit more than a decade ago, I visited Turkey for the Feast of Tabernacles.  During that Feast, we spent the first few days in Istanbul, and one memorable afternoon a group of us took a trip to a museum.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: All Together Different

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

All Together Different:  Upholding The Church’s Unity While Honoring Our Individual Identities, by J. Brian Tucker & John Koessler [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Moody Publishers.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] When reading a … Continue reading →

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