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Friends like Job’s

Recently I heard a theologian talking about Job and was not surprised to hear him refer to Job’s “so-called friends”. Not surprised perhaps, but as usual when I hear this common sentiment, I was uncomfortable with it. Were Job’s friends there to give him a hard time? Were they there just so they could make [...]

Heads up! Change is coming!

Hey guys, just wanted to apprise you of an eminent development. I am going to try to move this blog to http://undeception.com, which is basically the same URL without the “wordpress”, with or without the www. I am doing this mostly so that I can customize some aspects of the site at my discretion. I’m moving over to a wordpress.org blog that requires a lot more manual coding than wordpress.com blogs, so there will doubtless be a few glitches here and there…

Where have I been?

Well, I got a Macbook. I’ve been spending a lot of time getting acquainted with it, and no time on my PC. My blog has suffered, because instead of posting online I had been using blog editing software called Zoundry. Great program. Well, it doesn’t offer Mac support, so I’ve been looking into other options. [...]

Words of wisdom from Warfield

We must not, then, as Christians, assume an attitude of antagonism toward the truths of reason, or the truths of philosophy, or the truths of science, or the truths of history, or the truths of criticism. As children of the light, we must be careful to keep ourselves open to every ray of [...]

Seekers welcome

“Knowledge puffs up.” This phrase is customarily pulled out of the rest of 1 Corinthians 8:1 and cast as a slur upon those like myself intrinsically driven to seek more learning and understanding. Even the immediate context of this phrase in 1 Corinthians 8 shows, however, that not only is knowledge necessary, but that it [...]

Let it never be said that my blog is too serious

Exciting internet project

The Center for the Study of New Testament Manucripts is engaged in a wonderful project. This is an effort to host high resolution scanned images of early biblical manuscripts. Right now, they’re working on the New Testament. They already have Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Washingtonensis, and Alexandrinus (all 5th century and before!), as well as some other, [...]

Pretty handy

Sometimes money makes the world go round — at least a few more revolutions for a few people.
Someone known only as “Anonymous Friend” has given $100 million dollars to the Erie Community Foundation. This organization “is a collection of charitable endowments operating under the administrative umbrella of a single public charity.” The anonymous donor apparently [...]

Are you getting tired of this yet?

I’ve always rolled my eyes when I encountered the “Revelation” nuts in the church: obsession with the day’s headlines, thinking that they elucidate the details of the fulfillment of end-times prophecy, this bugs the ever-loving stew out of me.
I realize I’ve been talking a lot of eschatology lately. I don’t want to give the impression [...]