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Gunnel Ekroth considers the important role that decisions by lot played in Greek society: “This was not…
When Our Side Wins, Everyone Wins!
Readers may recall the World Vision flap from last month. One day the evangelical charity announced that…
First Links — 4.11.14
Reformed and Antimodern James D. Bratt, Christian Century Why Young People Leave the Orthodox Church Seraphim Danckaert,…
Riding on the Clouds
Pastor Arthur Kay offers these thoughts on the symbolism of Palm Sunday: “Palms are associated with covering…
Greek Rape
No other mythology, writes Eva Kuels in The Reign of the Phallus, gives rape a more prominent role…
Difference
Ancient Greeks sacrificed and ate pigs and dogs. Israelites were forbidden to do so. Ancient Greeks made…
Equality and Privilege
Was sacrificial meat distributed equally or hierarchically in ancient Greece? Some have resolved the question diachronically: Archaic…
Hold, Cold, Between
Jesus charges the Laodicean angel with being lukewarm, neither hot nor cold (Revelation 3). This is understandably…
Thoughts on 1 Samuel 17
A few scattered thoughts on 1 Samuel 17. Saul offers David his armor for battle, but David…
Why Evangelical Support for Israel is Waning
The recent Christ at the Checkpoint Conference has a number of evangelical groups concerned about waning support…
First Links — 4.10.14
When Good Intentions Make Bad ArtJames Tillman, Public Discourse What Is It About Metropolitan?B. D. McClay, American Spectator…
Atonement Theory
Classic atonement theories have looked past the gospel narratives in an effort to uncover the underlying substructure,…
Shakespeare’s Words
Shakespeare’s Words bills itself as a “glossary” and it is that. David and Ben Crystal combed through…
Genesis Enigma
Andrew Parker is no creationist, and he has little patience for intelligent design. Yet he thinks that…
Same old Same
Emma Pierson studied “studied 1 million matches made by the online dating website eHarmony’s algorithm, which aims to…
