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The Power of Favor 15 | Chapter 4.2
by Glenn on May 19, 2020
In The Power of Favor, each chapter has references to both Biblical and personal stories to illustrate lessons. If I’m correct, Moses is the 14th reference to a Biblical character as an example of favor. Osteen uses this story to (…)
Churches Suing the Governor of Oregon | Pt. 2
by Glenn on May 19, 2020
This is an update to this post. A legal battle is underway. The churches suing the governor of the state of Oregon received support from a judge but then the state supreme court put a stay. Who knows how this (…)
On Churches Suing the Governor of California
by Glenn on May 12, 2020
Ten churches in Oregon are suing Governor Kate Brown over her restrictions on gatherings. I think this is perfectly ridiculous. I am writing this to say so. The article I read may be found here. Background Last week, a motion (…)
After a Bad Press Conference
by Glenn on May 5, 2020
On Friday, I watched a press conference about the COVID-19 crisis with Oregon Governor Kate Brown. What I understand the governor to have said is that beginning May 15, there are counties within the state where she will relax stay-at-home (…)
David French on Donald Trump
by Glenn on April 22, 2020
On Sunday, 19 April 2020, David French wrote a provocative editorial on the president, which I think is worth thinking about. He begins with the report of a “horrifying milestone” on April 15, which was the fourth day in a (…)
The Problem of Resolution
by Glenn on April 13, 2020
I’ve been thinking about the problem of resolution, lately. The idea can be understood with the analogy of a jpg image. Someone sends you an image of something, it makes a big difference whether that file is 56k or 3.5mb (…)
“The Appropriation of Cultures” by Percival Everett
by Glenn on March 3, 2020
Someone asked me if I had a favorite collection of short stories and I had to admit I was not much of a short story person. But I did tell them I have a favorite short story, “The Appropriation of (…)
The Jordan B Peterson Podcast | S2, E 37: “Struggle Between Chaos and Order”
by Glenn on December 6, 2019
I have been enjoying the Jordan B. Peterson Podcast a lot this year. It has become routinized this year around a weekly delivery on Sundays. I think the plan was for Dr. Peterson to interview people for these podcasts, but (…)
The Bible in Translation Pt 4 | Book Review: “Authorized” by Mark Ward
by Glenn on November 27, 2019
The purpose of this series of blog posts is to help me think through Bible translations. I used the King James Version growing up. “Everyone” did. While I have no data to support this, my belief is that in the (…)
The Bible In Translation | Pt 3 Dipping a toe into the King James Controversy
by Glenn on November 25, 2019
The problem for the serious generalist is that you know a lot and you know nothing. You know a little in a lot of areas, but in any one particular area, you don’t have any great depth. The generalist doesn’t (…)
The Bible in Translation | Part Two: “How we got here”
by Glenn on November 19, 2019
I’ve begun thinking about Bible translations. It began not as a thought, but a particular emotion that is hard to define. Perhaps a sense of loss is the closest. I’m trying to get past the vague feeling to try and (…)
The Bible in Translation | Part One
by Glenn on November 12, 2019
I grew up with the King James Version of the Bible. Somewhere in the 1980’s, I switched to the New International Version, I think simply because of its popularity and readability. I assume the latter had something to do with (…)