Category: Theory
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On Being “Rich Toward God”
“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou has provided? So is he that layeth up treasure […]
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The Daily Offload #5
LinkedIn illustrates how corporations waste influence control your time. The bottom-feeders at LinkedIn have notification settings with 13 top-level categories and many, many sub- and sub-sub-categories, including “on” switches hidden behind tabs. The […]
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The Daily Offload #3
Shorter, this time. Is evangelicalism dead? Basham’s Shepherds for Sale continues to dominate my feed on Twitter. It’s popular, I suspect, because it makes a case that Protestant theological conservatives have been waiting […]
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The Daily Offload #2
Yeah, this is too long for a “Daily Offload.” I’ll make future installments much shorter. 1. Megan Basham’s criticism of Gavin Ortlund. Basham is a Christian conservative who wrote a book published three […]
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The Daily Offload #1
For several years, I have been intending to write more in my blog or start a video series. I never get around to starting in earnest because (a) I am frequently perfectionistic, and […]
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Is John 6 proof of the real body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist?
Here I’m basically just using this blog to promote a video I just posted. Readers who have followed my earlier posts on religious topics might find this interesting. I am now a Christian. […]
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Wikipedia’s Empire—and How to Build a Rebel Alliance of Knowledge
Summary: This post is all about the essential problem with Wikipedia, and how we can fight back effectively. Wikipedia has become a key tool in shaping public opinion. It fits right in with […]
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On Biblical Inspiration
Introduction: the problem The Bible, Christians believe, is inspired. What this means, however, is not at all clear, at least according to philosophical theology, in which there is a variety of theories. It […]
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A list of skimmable chapters of the Bible (by ChatGPT-4, as edited by me)
I am constantly amazed by, and testing or playing with, ChatGPT-4. It is, believe it or not, a dab hand at Bible commentary, not that I recommend using it for that purpose. The […]
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How to Read the Bible All the Way Through for the First Time
About four years ago, I read the Bible cover-to-cover for the first time. I explained how I did it. It took me 100 days, and yes, as a result, I became a Christian. […]
