Today I listened to Mark Ward talk on “7 Bad Bible Translations” in Sean McDowell’s channel. I posted some thoughts on X and copied/reworded some of those thoughts in this post. Mark Ward’s 7 “Bad” Bible Translations First off, are…
…the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up with him and with his children. From his meager food she would eat, from his cup she would drink,…
This morning my dog passed away. He was our second dog, and the last guardian of the house I grew in and where my parents currently live. My dad wrote the following eulogy in our native language, which I have…
An excerpt from McGraw-Hill’s Teacher Education Series: Maintaining Classroom Discipline (1947): Classroom control and learning efficiency are products of good teaching. Learning must be made meaningful. Interest in work for which learners see a purpose provides its own discipline. But…
I just ran into this great article from The Gospel Coalition and I thought I’d share: “Why Evangelicals Need Theological Retrieval”
C. S. Lewis describes the life of a saved Christian as a “Christ-life” or “new life”. In his book Mere Christianity, he briefly touches on the subject of those who have not been able to believe in Christ: Is it…
This is an excerpt from the first chapter of I. L. E. Ramelli’s work The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena. The main Patristic supporters of the apokatastasis theory, such as Bardaisan, Clement,…
Today I want to talk about the importance of being accessible to students. I teach engineering courses at a research university, humanities courses at a community college, and math at a middle school. I’m still relatively new to teaching (I…
Over the summer, a very influential Christian announced he was leaving his faith. Just a few days ago, another influential Christian announced his doubts about the faith (thought not a complete resignation). This news made more impact because of the…
This is an excerpt from Justo González’s ‘The Story of Christianity vol. 1’ on the role of women in early church leadership: It is clear that by the end of the second century the leadership of the church was entirely…
A few months ago, I applied for the 2019 Religious Literacy Summer Institute for Educators offered by Harvard Divinity School. This is a week-long workshop aimed for teachers at the K-12 and Community College levels. At that time, I was…
Over the past couple of years I’ve run across some interesting and useful websites that provide tools for Bible study. Here’s a list of some of them Bible Gateway Bible Gateway is my go-to site for looking up verses…