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The Bible on the History Channel, Part 2
I just can’t go with everyone on this. Let me ask those who are so strongly supporting this series: Is it really all that engaging? Is it really all that entertaining? It’s not its accuracy that is reeling you in…. Read More ›
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What Critics are saying about The Bible on the History Channel
Source URL: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/historys-bible-what-critics-are-425767 2:05 PM PST 3/3/2013 by Jane Kellogg History’s ‘The Bible’: What The Critics Are Saying The miniseries left THR’s [The Hollywood Reporter] TV critic wondering who the intended audience was for this “fractious and overwrought” adaptation of the… Read More ›
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The Bible on the History Channel . . . A Review
I have learned from past experience that practically any time channels like The Discovery Channel, the Biography Channel, A & E, and in this case The History Channel, try to take a closer look at the Bible or Jesus, it… Read More ›
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Hold On
I never thought I would witness the wholesale embracing of evolution by leaders in the evangelical church that I am seeing now. We are entering a strange time in the church and the culture. The culture seems poised to embrace… Read More ›
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You Can’t Be Defensive And Humble At The Same Time
Matthew 11 25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Matthew 18 2 He called a… Read More ›
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“Batter my heart, three-personed God”
Appreciating these words from John Donne’s Holy Sonnets, XIV Batter my heart, three-person’d God ; for you As yet but knock ; breathe, shine, and seek to mend ; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your… Read More ›
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A Short Essay by Katie Fowler (My Daughter) Upon Receiving an Award
My name is Katie Fowler and I have been chosen to receive the Sharon Stack Award from Smithtown Christian School. I am honored to receive this award and humbly accept. As I thought over the questions—How has Christian education influenced… Read More ›
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Love. The following is a quote from Han Urs Von Balthasar. It thus becomes clear that faith is ordered primarily to the inconceivability of God’s love, which surpasses us and anticipates us. This is the sole object, the sole daß(Martin…
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Between Real and Ideal
The existence of the ideal is evidence of its possibility. Ever been inspired by a movie because of the values it portrayed? The story was challenging and beautiful, moving and uplifting. Then you come back to “reality” and realize that… Read More ›
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A Father’s Letter To His Graduating Son
For the better part of two decades, I have engrossed myself in your life. Much of my effort has been simply to keep you alive and healthy. I have sung songs, and played games, and answered questions, but more than that, I have loved you at depths that even now you are not able to understand and won’t be until you have a child of your own. Though at times I have tried to express and explain that love to you, I realize that, for now, between us, I’ll have to be content with knowing its depths on my own. Part of a parent’s lot I suppose.
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