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But… But… Noah… Moses and that Giggie guy… 17 May 2013 | 01:25 am
Scientists have discovered water that has been trapped in rock for more than a billion years. The water might contain microbes that evolved independently from the surface world, and it’s a finding tha...
@SpeakerBoehner and the Myth of the American Judicial System 17 May 2013 | 12:59 am
“Nothing dissolves the bonds between the people and their government like the arrogance of power here in Washington, and that’s what the American people are seeing today from the Obama administration ...
Star Trek Into Darkness is the core of Star Trek 16 May 2013 | 02:51 pm
I promise that this is as spoiler-free as possible. Given that you can find the spoilers nearly anywhere you look, I do not feel the necessity to avoid this; however, my focus is not so much on the st...
Beginning Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not @ivpacademic 15 May 2013 | 03:40 pm
I confess — I’ve been labeled an Empire Critic. I am not, at least I do not think I am. However, what I see in Scripture is a diatribe against Empire. We open in Genesis 1 with a counter to the Babylo...
Report on IRS screening of nonprofit applications 15 May 2013 | 01:14 pm
You can find it here. Unfortunately, this is not that big of a scandal — not really a scandal. Here are some other facts. Of the 300 targeted groups, 75 were Tea Party. Not, Party, as in Political Par...
Review of @degruyter_TRS Lucan’s “Bellum Civile” – Between Epic Tradition and Aesthetic Innovation 14 May 2013 | 05:21 pm
The current trend in Lucanian scholarship began with Frederick Ahl’s aptly named Lucan: An Introduction. Other names are now added to the list of Lucanian scholars — and now, Nicola Hömke and Christia...
So… about the #IRS thing 14 May 2013 | 01:12 am
The IRS inspector general will release an audit sometime this week, but congressional aides gave several media outlets a draft of the audit. According to the document, IRS employees in the Cincinnati ...
Review of @BakerAcademic’s Liturgy as a Way of Life: Embodying the Arts in Christian Worship 13 May 2013 | 03:25 pm
Benson, Bruce Ellis, and James Smith. Liturgy as a Way of Life: Embodying the Arts in Christian Worship. Baker Academic, 2013. Bruce Ellis Benson has not improvised this book, which may or may not be ...
So, if we take Revelation 17.9 “futurist-literal” doesn’t this disqualify the Catholic Church 13 May 2013 | 02:26 pm
Again, following with the theme from the last post. Got me to thunkin’. Revelation 17.9 says the city on seven hills is the bad city. The new Babylon. Who cares that Scripture already defines who/what...
Will the South Rise Again as the Beast? (Rev. 17.9) 13 May 2013 | 02:19 pm
“Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits” – Rev. 17.9 This comes from two sources. First, we are reading through Revelation in Sunday School clas...
