Dec
11
A Finals' Week Reading from Nassim Taleb
As the academic season comes to its groundhog day, I can’t help but pass along this from Nassim Nicholas
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David Knopp
Nov
30
What if Revelation was written by John...the Baptist?
The first step to writing a commentary is to question the traditional authorship. I don’t know why; it just
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Nov
27
LIVE STUDY: Mary and Elizabeth Weren’t Cousins?
Merry Christmas! cousins
I was walking to Cheers-fil-a and listening to Catholic Answers (because I find that apologetics discussions get
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Nov
23
This Thanksgiving, I’m Grateful for You, Dear Readers
As I reflect in this past year and think about all the influences that have culminated in one if the
Nov
15
Steve Jobs: "Nobody knows why they do what they do." (VIDEO)
For those of you leadership junkies and/or tech buffs, there’s a fantastic interview with Steve Jobs that was
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Nov
14
Should We Back Off The Papyri?
Though a series of events I won’t get into here, I was reading Stan Porter’s paper, Why so
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Nov
08
Robert P. George to Students: "You should say what you think." (VIDEO)
Bill Kristol hosts a interesting, long-format interview series (and podcast). Listening to archive episodes, I found this gem where he
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Nov
07
Stop Doing Latin During Greek!
Like most first-year Greek students, I had deponent verbs drilled into my head during undergrad studies. As we’ve been
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Nov
06
Is A Student Obstinate Or Just Skeptical?
It’s been a while, but here’s one more thought about the NYT piece about educating skeptical students that
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Nov
01
Wallace: There Are 1,838 Differences Between Textus Receptus and the Majority Text
When I introduce New Testament transmission history and textual criticism, it is amazing to me that there will always be
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