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"John Barach is a superb theological copy editor. He is a clear thinker and a good writer, with an excellent command of English grammar and a meticulous attention to detail." 1/2
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If you are a young woman whose parents brought her to this conference in the hope that she might find a husband, please know that you don't have to marry anyone here.
When you are of age, you can move out, find a good church, and marry someone who isn't into this stuff.
Thursday we held our 3rd annual @New_Christendom Singles Mixer in Ogden, UT bringing together 100 Reformed Christian singles from around the world for an evening of speed dating.
We had an incredible volunteer team, beautiful venue, delicious appetizers, & a room full of kind, thoughtful daters who made the event a joy to host. This was our best mixer yet!
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"Embracing the good, true, and beautiful."
And on the book table at the conference, the collected speeches of Adolf Hitler.
That ain't normal. And it sure isn't good, true, or beautiful.
1,500 people listening to Stephen Wolfe (@PerfInjust) give an insightful talk on what normal means.
“The war for normal is not about rejecting the concept of normal, it’s about embracing the good, true, and beautiful”
Don’t be a walking negation, have a positive vision for who you are.
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New "Christendom" Press is hosting a conference right now called "The War for Normal," at which Antelope Hill has a sale table.
Normal people, normal Christians, recognize this for the evil it is and want nothing to do with it.
Brian Sauvé and Eric Conn of Refuge Cuurch Ogden are hosting America’s foremost Neonazi, explicitly pro Adolf Hitler publishing house at their New Christendom Press conference.
Anyone denying that Ogden was down with Nazism was wrong. Antelope Hill has on their table at the conference speeches by Adolf Hitler, and the memoirs of an SS officer.
New Christendom Press also publishes PCA Pastor Zachary Garris and antisemite Andrew Isker.
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Which question is appropriate for a literature class on 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜?
1. As Emelia, tell how you feel about what happened.
2. What should Othello have done?
3. The third act is unusually long. Why might that be? What is the effect?
4. Do you like the play? Why or why not?
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Ethics for Othello
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I grant that more than one question might enable a teacher to work toward discussing the literature in some way. But the poll question is about which of these four questions has to do directly with the literature, which is what a literature class is for.
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True or False:
A Gentile God-fearer who was a sojourner in Israel in the time of, say, Joshua or David, and trusted in and worshiped only YHWH really ought to have gotten circumcised and become an Israelite (e.g., Uriah the Hittite, Ittai the Gittite, or Cornelius in Acts).
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In the poll, True and False are tied. But the answer is False. Nothing in the Torah required a Gentile God-fearer to be circumcised (unless, of course, he wanted to join in the Passover, Num 9:14). 1/
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It was perfectly okay for Ittai the Gittite (Philistine), Uriah the Hittite, Naaman the Syrian, or any other Gentiles we read about to remain Gentiles, uncircumcised. They could bring offerings just like an Israelite. They just weren't part of the special priestly people. 2/
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Louisianans: As @FreddyLA7 leaves the Creole part of Louisiana and drives through the Cajun part, heading toward the sort-of-West-Texas part (Lake Charles), he needs Cajun food, including boudin. Help him out with your restaurant recommendations. And who has the best boudin?
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For just a split second, I read that as "Doc Savages."
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On a little writing getaway in St. Louis this week. Yesterday, on my lunch break, I finally drove over to the teenage home of T.S. Eliot.
Re-read Dry Salvages in my car. Thankful for Eliot and the reminder that the good, true, and beautiful can even shine from my hometown.
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Jun 12
Something I edited just now cited an article on Bruce Lee written by someone named Kato.
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In the middle of a day spent proofreading, I often get very sleepy. That never happened when I had a job where I was on my feet all day. What are your best recommendations for defeating midday sleepiness and getting back to feeling wide awake?
No, not several cups of coffee.
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Test your Bible knowledge. There is still time to vote in this poll.
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True or False:
A Gentile God-fearer who was a sojourner in Israel in the time of, say, Joshua or David, and trusted in and worshiped only YHWH really ought to have gotten circumcised and become an Israelite (e.g., Uriah the Hittite, Ittai the Gittite, or Cornelius in Acts).
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What is the best translation of Alessandro Manzoni's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑑?
(Wish I could get the first English translation, just to read Rafael Sabatini's introduction.)
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It may be too late to get this on the agenda, but it would be good if the CREC's Council later this year could join the aRP, PCA, RPCNA, OPC, and URCNA by affirming this statement, too.
Jun 12
Latest from #URCNA Synod
We’ve passed this simple statement in solidarity with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church in America, Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, & Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Our Christian Reformed/Gereformeerde forefathers already did this generations ago
Study committee also formed to provide pastoral advice, which will report to Synod 2028
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And what's sometimes funnier than Attridge's tweets is that people in the comments don't know that they're intended to be send-ups of things some people actually say.
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Classic novels simply aren't relatable. Even contemporary literature is often about things I have never personally experienced. My preferred genre is autobiographical fiction that I have written myself
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Note that "True" implies an obligation, even if God put up with the Gentile's failure to obey, and "False" includes "He could if he wanted to, but he wasn't required to."
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The answer is True: Leviticus 22:17-19 speaks explicitly of Gentile sojourners bringing an offering, just like an Israelite. We find the same thing in Numbers 15 (below). Sojourners were also welcome to participate in all feasts except Passover (which required circumcision).
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True or False: If you were a Gentile living in the land of Judah in the time of, say, King David, and you wanted to bring an offering to YHWH, you could go to the tabernacle and do so, just like an Israelite.
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If at any subsequent point in Israel's history, Gentile God-fearing sojourners were barred from drawing near with an offering, just like an Israelite, that was a violation of Leviticus 22 and Numbers 15.
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True or False: If you were a Gentile living in the land of Judah in the time of, say, King David, and you wanted to bring an offering to YHWH, you could go to the tabernacle and do so, just like an Israelite.
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The answer is True: Leviticus 22:17-19 speaks explicitly of Gentile sojourners bringing an offering, just like an Israelite. We find the same thing in Numbers 15 (below). Sojourners were also welcome to participate in all feasts except Passover (which required circumcision).
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If at any subsequent point in Israel's history, Gentile God-fearing sojourners were barred from drawing near with an offering, just like an Israelite, that was a violation of Leviticus 22 and Numbers 15.
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