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recommendation: Disunion, NYT
I’d like to make a recommendation for a fascinating series on the New York Times web site. The series is called Disunion, and is a daily blog about the Civil War, we being now in the 150th anniversary...
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the USCC–a revivalist Civil War ministry
In the New York Times today, there is an interesting article on the United States Christian Commission, an organization dedicated to ministering to the soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War....
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enlightened on the enlightenment
I’m reading a series of books on the history of Britain. I picked them up at the British Museum in London last May. A very enjoyable read – usually accompanying my morning oatmeal! Currently I am in A...
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the double cross
A funny little vignette from my reading of A Brief History of Britain 1660-1851: The Making of A Nation. It seems that in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the people of Britain were very...
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a very special guy
This is our dear friend Al, receiving a knighthood from the Republic of France for his role on the beaches of Normandy, June 6, 1944. He has been invited to a special ceremony there this year (all...
View ArticleClouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee–a review
Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee Michael Korda New York: Harper, 2014. On a recent vacation, our family happened to go to a Barnes & Noble store (bookstores are a trap for...
View Articlegetting the history part of grammatical-historical
Just a thought that occurred to me while listening to Living History: Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds …It is extremely helpful to Bible interpreters to have an...
View ArticleThe Roots of Postfundamentalist Evangelicalism (and Fundamentalism) (Part 1)
Returning to the book, Pocket History of Evangelical Theology, published by InterVarsity Press, by Roger Olson, today I want to discuss the roots of Postfundamentalist Evangelical theology. For a...
View ArticleThe Roots of Postfundamentalist Evangelicalism (and Fundamentalism) (Part 2)
I’m writing about the book, Pocket History of Evangelical Theology, published by InterVarsity Press, by Roger Olson. Last time I listed the roots of what Olson calls postfundamentalist evangelicalism...
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