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Revelation 5

Posted on November 20, 2005 by Joseph

  Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who … Continue reading →

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James Jordan and The Closing of the Calvinistic Mind

Posted on September 27, 2005 by Joseph

For those who haven’t noticed James Jordan has written two excellent article, The Closing of the Calvinistic Mind and FV, NPP, PCA, AAPC, ETC., regarding the Auburn Avenue controversy within certain presbyterian circles. I for one have seen in this … Continue reading →

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The Languages of Pao

Posted on September 17, 2005 by Joseph

I finished reading The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance this week. It is a very interesting story about a planet whose entire culture is changed by a change in the language. This change in language and culture was meant … Continue reading →

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Orwell for Christians

Posted on July 8, 2005 by Joseph

I am in the middle of reading 1984 by George Orwell. A friend of mine pointed out the article “Orwell for Christians” from First Things. 1984 is a very interesting book but a little difficult to see where Orwell is … Continue reading →

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Unfaithful Narrative and True History

Posted on July 6, 2005 by Joseph

Over the last year I have become interested in the science fiction of Gene Wolfe. Because of various posts on the Urth List concerning the reliability of Severian as the narrator of The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1 … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X 10.4 – “Tiger”

Posted on May 5, 2005 by Joseph

I upgraded one of the Macs in my house to Tiger last Saturday and it is really great. My favorite thing at the moment is the RSS reader in Safari. I have a folder full of RSS feeds (blogs, news, … Continue reading →

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Time Traveler Convention

Posted on May 2, 2005 by Joseph

Someone at MIT has posted information on a Time Traveler Convention that they are having. I’m not all that convinced that time travel will ever happen but the whole idea is rather interesting. The main idea of the site is … Continue reading →

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Reading the Bible

Posted on April 4, 2005 by Joseph

Over the weekend I listened to the second messages in James Jordan’s series on Reading the Bible. He made some really good points against your average “How to Read the Bible” books and helped me to understand more how we … Continue reading →

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Why I Became a Postmillenialist

Posted on March 3, 2005 by Joseph

Alistair recently posted on his site a very good treatment of his theological history. I very much understood where he was coming from and wanted to express here some of the reasons I believe the things I do. Many of … Continue reading →

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Reagan’s War

Posted on December 24, 2004 by Joseph

I am currently reading Peter Schweizer’s book Reagan’s War: The Epic Store of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism. It is a very interesting survey of Reagan’s thoughts toward and interactions with communism beginning with his time as … Continue reading →

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