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Over the Hedges and Byways

Reformed Christians are heirs to some powerful rallying cries, not all of which start with “sola”.  One weighty such slogan from the seventeenth century is semper reformanda, a key tenet in the Reformed understanding.   It is often translated as “reformed and always reforming”…

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Smothering Baby Jesus

Ouch! The things Christians once got up to! Think, for instance, of old Simeon, the once-ballyhooed guru of the sixth-century Holy Fool movement. Not content with rubbing mustard into the eyes of the partially blind in mock ‘healing’ ceremonies, he…

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Smothering Baby Jesus

Ouch! The things Christians once got up to! Think, for instance, of old Simeon, the once-ballyhooed guru of the sixth-century Holy Fool movement. Not content with rubbing mustard into the eyes of the partially blind in mock ‘healing’ ceremonies, he…

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Reflections on 2010 ETS

I felt like a kid in a candy store at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting held in Atlanta, GA.  Deeply discounted commentaries, well-known biblical scholars, bible college friends, and discussion about justification–what more could a bible nerd…

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Reflections on 2010 ETS

I felt like a kid in a candy store at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting held in Atlanta, GA.  Deeply discounted commentaries, well-known biblical scholars, bible college friends, and discussion about justification–what more could a bible nerd…

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