July 29, 2010 | Categories: Books | 1 Comment »
Having to work through yet another set of text-critical issues for my paper, I am content to think of such exercises as providential plagues! How long, O Lord, how long?
Αυτω η δοξα,
Jason
July 29, 2010 | Categories: Hebrew, Old Testament | 5 Comments »
El Bryan Libre thinks I’m an ok guy. Good to know–thanks Bryan!
“Some are definitely not jerks and are cool as heck, like Jason above.”
For the record, Bryan is a swell guy, too!
Αυτω η δοξα,
Jason
July 23, 2010 | Categories: Quotes | 3 Comments »
“The telos (end or goal) of human being is best expressed as the resurrection of the body, the ultimate divine loving of the dust we are. Human being is thus a being confronted with a telos for which it has no natural capacity” - p. 7 in Beloved Dust: Tides of the Spirit in the Christian Life by Robert Davis Hughes, III.
July 21, 2010 | Categories: Quotes | 1 Comment »
A question for you all—do you have any hesitancy in calling a priest “Father”? I do. Maybe if I knew more why priests are referred to this way I could see it differently, but I can’t imagine calling anyone my “father,” except, of course, for my heavenly Father (or my real dad).
So, what do you think?
Αυτω η δοξα,
Jason
July 16, 2010 | Categories: Miscellaneous | 13 Comments »
I found this statement somewhat humorous.
Calvin, commenting on unbelievers’ confrontation with God’s revelation, said:
“Faced with God’s revelation, the unbeliever is like an ass at a concert.“
Quoted in David E. Garland, 1 Corinthians, BECNT, 100.
Αυτω η δοξα,
Jason
July 10, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
I was listening earlier to Becoming the Archetype’s Dichotomy, and these words I wanted to share.
“The heavens wait in silence for the coming of the end. As man perfects his own imperfection, destruction closes in.”
Αυτω η δοξα,
Jason
July 10, 2010 | Categories: Miscellaneous | Leave A Comment »
Though I don’t think all that much is affected by one’s opinions on this matter, I have no problem seeing Paul as the author of the Pastoral epistles. Many will disagree, and that’s ok. Among those who would/do, I found this quote by Vincent Taylor regarding the issue to be humorous:
“A constant embarrassment so long as we must champion the theory of Pauline authorship, they shed a welcome light upon the dark years out of which they emerge.” p. 13, The Atonement in New Testament Teaching (emphasis mine)
I wonder if many who hold to non-Pauline authorship of the pastorals would consider such a theory an embarrassment? Seems a bit much to me!
Αυτω η δοξα,
Jason
July 9, 2010 | Categories: New Testament, Quotes | Leave A Comment »
Well, it should be obvious that I’ve slacked off a bit from blogging. Aside from being gone a couple of weeks ago, I’ve just run into a wall–I have nothing of great importance to say. So, to break the blogging void, I thought I’d post something.
I am currently reading D. Brent Sandy’s Plowshares and Pruning Hooks: Rethinking the Language of Biblical Prophecy and Apocalyptic. It’s been a great read so far. The subject is interesting to me and Sandy is a good writer. I doubt I will post any comments or thoughts on it since I am reading it for class (which began Wednesday), but I would recommend it to you, for what that’s worth!
Αυτω η δοξα,
Jason
July 8, 2010 | Categories: Books | 6 Comments »
Call for Resources
Ok John, Jeremy, Jim, and other OTers (NT folks, too, if you’ve worked through Jeremiah)–what are the best commentaries/exegetical works on Jeremiah? I need to pick up a few for my papers this summer session (I have until the end of the first week of August to have them turned in), so I am hoping you can point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance!
Αυτω η δοξα,
Jason
July 11, 2010 | Categories: Old Testament | Tags: Hebrew, Old Testament, Commentaries, Jeremiah | 4 Comments »