Things went a little quiet around the site this past week. I've got a bit more Wilberforce to finish off but a Greek Exam created a bit of a hiccough. The exam was on Friday afternoon from 2-4. Really, I ask you, what maniac came up with that idea? After the past fortnight dominated by… Continue reading Wild Greeks
It was trendy a generation ago to talk about 'sexual repression'. The idea being that until the Sexual Revolution, the topic of sex was something that could not be raised in society. Everyone knew it was going on, but there was a silent conspiracy of silence. It seems that death has taken over this mantle.… Continue reading Discussing Death
The recent essay I had to write for our New Testament 1 course has given me a lot of food for thought*, particularly with regard to the techniques employed by Mark in seeking to persuade us that Jesus is the 'Christ, the Son of God.' Have you ever thought that if you or I set… Continue reading Persuasion in Mark
““When you see the abomination that causes desolation standing where it should not†(let the reader understand), “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!†(Mark 13:14 HCSB) That little parenthetical remark, "let the reader understand", has been the source of a great deal of discussion over the centuries. Where would Markan theologians be… Continue reading Let the Reader Understand…
There is an interesting piece of research that featured in the Sydney Morning Herald recently. The central finding is that our brains have a limited capacity to store information in working memory (similar to the RAM in a computer), i.e., there are only so many memory-tasks that we can perform simultaneously. Since, reading, listening, verbalising,… Continue reading Tyndale and the Bible Reading
“For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darknessâ€â€”He has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.†(2Cor 4:6 HCSB) There are lots of different ways of using the verb 'know'. It can be a slippery little word. If I say,… Continue reading On Knowledge and Faith
