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New Testament 140

    John 5:1 is so short that I’ll just give you the full text here, in both English and Greek:   “After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”   Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦν ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβη Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.   I want to concentrate, simply, on the [Read More...]

“You deserve Hillary’s bloodless, condescending campaign”

    Or, as the subtitle says, “We had it coming.”   http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles...    

New Testament 139

    Matthew 13:53-58 Mark 6:1-6 Luke 4:16-30 Compare John 4:44; 6:42; 7:15; 10:39   1.   To me, there are few passages of scripture more stirring than the description of Jesus’ comments in the synagogue at Nazareth:   16 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered [Read More...]

“The fall of Ramadi would mean a devastating win for ISIS”

    The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is on record as downplaying the military and symbolic significance of the battle for Ramadi.  Here’s an alternate voice:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...    

New Testament 138

    Matthew 9:18-26 Mark 5:21-43 Luke 8:40-56   These passages are interesting, structurally, because of the way in which they enclose an account of the healing of a woman with a hemorrhage (which I’ve already briefly discussed here) within the story of the healing of the daughter of Jairus.   Very nearly four years [Read More...]

“My Father Was Gay. Why I Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Marriages”

    A Canadian voice that should probably be silenced and punished:   http://dailysignal.com/2015/04/13/my-...    

“Young Mormon Women: Gospel v. Gown”

    I believe that you should be able to Google this article (under the title given above) without being a subscriber.  (Up to three such views are permitted to non-subscribers.)   The Economist is worried that higher numbers of women serving missions will result in fewer Mormon women completing college degrees and getting good [Read More...]

A critic of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism wins “Profile in Courage” award

    There’s some funny stuff here, and not merely in the first item.  (Don’t let the “survey” stop you; take it or skip it, but read further.)   http://www.sltrib.com/home/2408524-15...   Still, you have to admit that it took real courage to criticize Mormonism publicly in today’s rabidly pro-Mormon national climate.   Kudos to the [Read More...]

“Religion poisons everything!” (6)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTbHl...   I’m trying to figure out precisely where religion poisoned the “Credo” of Franz Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G.  Here’s the full text:   Credo – Chor Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium. [Et] in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum, [et] [Read More...]

New Testament 131

    Matthew 13:36-43   In these verses, we get a sample of the kind of thing that Jesus said to his disciples but wouldn’t say openly to the multitude.   The relevant technical term here is disciplina arcani.   I love Matthew 13:43:   τότε οἱ δίκαιοι ἐκλάμψουσιν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ [Read More...]