Posted on Mar 5th, 2007 | 4 Comments | Read This Article »
The Gospel writers probably used sources in order to write their Gospels, otherwise they chance forgetting stuff. These sources could have been written, oral, divinely-inspired and their own memory. Mark seems to be the first Gospel written since almost all of it is incorporated into the other two Gospels. While Matthew and Luke have quite a few similarities, they also have huge chunks that are totally unique to themselves. So the question is where they got those 250 verses that they have in common? One of the proposed answers is Q.
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Ever wondered why Bible’s are printed with two columns per page? Of course you haven’t but I came across it at the ESV Blog.
Double columns substantially reduce the space required for poetry because many lines of poetry fit on a single, shorter line; a single-column typesetting means a lot of empty space on a page filled with poetry. Poetry comprises about 25% of the Bible, so you can imagine the amount of space saved with two columns.
You would think that two columns would waste space but apparently switching to one column increases the page count by 10 - 25%.
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Posted on Mar 19th, 2007 | 5 Comments | Read This Article »
I watched Nightline on ABC the other day and paused on it to watch a segment titled “Muscular Christianity.” It was a segment about a conference called God Men that was held in Franklin, Tennessee. The men running the conference say that
60% of church-goers are women and there are manlier ways to be a Christian that what we were taught growing up
The whole premise of the conference is to prevent men from getting the idea that in order to be a Christian you have to take on passivity and weakness. They even go as far as to say “a meek and mild Jesus is eventually a bore.”
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For many years I wanted to be a spy. I even interviewed with the CIA. When I imagine a spy, I want to think James Bond and I can assure you that the reality is much different. The reality is that you live in a foreign country with a regular job, but while you are performing that job you are also performing the duties of a spy which may include networking or monitoring people. In a very similar way Christians are spies. Their main goal is to glorify God and fulfill the Great Commission, yet this is to be done under the title of accountant, consultant or teacher. Even Jesus led a double life here on earth, but was it as a carpenter?
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Posted on Mar 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments | Read This Article »
At an elementary school here in Dallas, an eight year old submitted the following for a writing assignment. It is entitled “Thanks from Jesus” and you may have to decide where you think punctuation is required. I love the matter-of-fact writing, especially in the first sentence. My question is what do you do when you’ve hit rock bottom at only eight years old?
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