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On Beowulf, heroes and redemption

Posted on November 29, 2007 by me

I haven’t seen Beowulf, and if the past is any indication of the future, I’ll eventually see it when it comes out on DVD. However, it’s apparently 3D, so may make a theater viewing a bit more interesting. Ben Witherington, … Continue reading →

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Must everything change?

Posted on November 16, 2007 by me

Brian McLaren, pop icon of the Emerging Church movement, has recently published a book entitled Everything Must Change, in which he attempts to make the case that if people really believed in the Secret Message of Jesus, everything must change. … Continue reading →

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The [Evil] Golden Compass

Posted on November 15, 2007 by me

I haven’t read any of Pullman’s books, which by all accounts are intended to be anti-Christian and anti-God. I have been reading reviews on a few blogs, including thoughts posted by Tom Gilson. Gilson is one of the least reactionary … Continue reading →

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Bibliolatry and blogging: the return to an oral culture?

Posted on November 14, 2007 by me

I’ve been thinking lately about the importance that the written word (any word, not just The Word of God) has in our Modernist culture, as opposed to what is merely spoken. A few weeks ago Ben Witherington published on his … Continue reading →

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