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The Doctrine of Man in Sherlock Holmes
I’ve been reading Sherlock Holmes stories here recently and been a bit surprised by the number of theological-type statements that come up from time to time. This quote is from the The Sign of Four: “Dirty-looking rascals, but I suppose every one has some little immortal spark concealed about him. You would not think it,…
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Visuals for Biblical Books
Stephen Smuts has linked to some very cool looking Bible word clouds. Though I think that some of this may be translation dependent and some of it perhaps a little misleading to a somewhat uninformed person (e.g. “father” in Genesis is probably not talking about God as a father), I still think that do give…
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Why Did Jonah Flee to Tarshish? (Learner-Centered)
A while back I wrote a post answering the question of why Jonah fled to Tarshish (if you’re a more advanced reader you probably would not have learned anything). Yesterday, however, I started to think about what it would mean to take a more learner-centered approach to my blogging. And, I thought a re-write of…
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Learner-Centered Blogging?
I don’t know why, but I was thinking through David Clines’ SBL Presidential Address on learner-centered instruction again today. I can remember thinking it was a good address, but having done research in pedagogy, I don’t remember feeling like I had learned much new. Yet I was thinking about the address today in the context…
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Psalm 96:5 – Word Play
Today’s responsorial Psalm is Psalm 96. In verse 5, there is a word play between the words translated “gods of the peoples” and the word translated “idols” (or “worthless idols” or “worthless” dependent on which translation you are reading). I wanted to see if you can hear it. Psalm 96:5 For all the gods of…
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James McGrath on Matthew's Use of Hosea 11 & Jeremiah 31
Today’s New Testament Gospel reading comes from from Matthew 2.13-18. In this passage, Matthew cites two Old Testament texts, namely Hosea 11.1 (only part of the verse) and Jeremiah 31.15. Here are Hosea 11.1 and Jeremiah 31.15, as they are quoted in Matthew: Hosea 11.1 Out of Egypt I called my son. Jeremiah 31.15 A…