Author Archives: Honzo
- July 15, 2008
- The God of Genocide
Perhaps the best argument leveled against Judaism and Christianity is the angry child of a god that people construct out of choice samples of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. These criticisms should not be taken lightly nor should the texts they reference be whitewashed.
To this end, I came across an article via the Codex that [...]
- July 14, 2008
- Prayer Request: Casey
Please pray for Casey. He has some exciting job opportunities on the horizon.
- July 12, 2008
- The Jobian Take on Righteousness
In the book of Job, written sometime between the early sixth and late fifth century BCE, God describes Job as a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil. What is such a man like? If we were to be blameless and God fearing, what sort of things ought we do?
I [...]
- July 11, 2008
- He smote his face with his hands
I love reading apocryphal literature. Too many awesome and hilarious things happen in them not to read them. Take chapter 17-22 in the Acts of Thomas. In chapter 17, Thomas has been sold as a slave to an Indian merchant by good ole Jesus and finally having an audience with the king. After showcasing his [...]
- July 9, 2008
- Pagan Christianity :: Reviewing Reviews
I love to read reviews. I come by this honestly. Contrary to what some think about grad students, we don’t have all the time in the world to read books. I therefore must reply on the judgement of reviewers to help me select books for consumption and integration into my life and thought processes.
Enter [...]
- July 6, 2008
- Video of the Day: Satan
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- July 4, 2008
- Question of the Day – Where to Worship?
Meredith and I are trying to decide where to worship this coming Sunday. Should we go down to the courthouse and worship our great country or drive 30 minutes to the state capital to show our allegiance to Rome America?All snarkyness aside, what should the attitude of citizens of the Kingdom of God be [...]
- July 1, 2008
- Point; Counterpoint: Biblical Translation
This week’s "Point; Counterpoint" comes from Jim West and Richard A. Rhodes on Bible translation. West makes the contention that translations should be "woody" and goes so far as to say, "[they] are better because they maintain the proper distance between ourselves and the Biblical authors." Rhodes strongly disagrees with this sentiment in his reaction [...]
- June 26, 2008
- Quote of the Day: John 18:36
John 18:38:
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”
Two things come to mind as questions to think about:What does this mean for Christians and governments?
Is the kingdom of [...]
- June 23, 2008
- Link of the Day: Societal Sins
Scott, over at Grace is Unfair, looks at Amos and Isaiah and comes to some troubling conclusions about personal and societal sins.
In Amos, God condemns oppression of the poor and sexual sin in the same breath. And in Isaiah, God shows that He detests both when people amass too much land at the expense of the [...]
- June 16, 2008
- Quote of the Day: Xian Economics
Of course, I don’t mean your giving should make life easy for others and hard for yourselves. I only mean that there should be some equality. Right now you have plenty and can help those who are in need. Later, they will have plenty and can share with you when you need it. In this [...]
- June 5, 2008
- A Prayer He Prayed
Jake Malloy was another person who prayed at the Parkade Baptist Church “Battle for America” Concert of Prayer. He prayed a prayer of repentance, one that was modeled after the fruits of the spirit. Here is a taste:
I apologize that the commandment of love You set above all others we have treated so lightly, Forgive [...]
- June 4, 2008
- Links of the Day
John F. Hobbins over at Ancient Hebrew Poetry has a great little bit about the nature of confessional scholarship nestled in a great gut check post on the complegalitarian debate.
As a confessionally engaged biblical scholar, I have a bottom line: it should be possible to discuss the meaning of biblical texts with the intention of [...]
- May 31, 2008
- What is the Word of God?
What is the word of God?
The Bible in a reader’s native language which is faithful in message to the autographs
The autographs of biblical texts
The message behind texts we consider inspired
Jesus
Other
- May 22, 2008
- When
When, or at what point, do you break fellowship?
When does “not comprising” win over “be of one body?”
When do you break fellowship?