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The Good Word
John W. Martens
It rsquo s not a bad way to sell a book put secret in the title somewhere And in light of Dan Brown rsquo s success in selling books which are historical and theological nonsense but which claim to unlock age-old secrets why not use it in the title of a book that makes mostly historical and t
The Good Word
John W. Martens
I love the Bible for more reasons than I could possibly write in one blog post but I will stick with one reason here I love its oddly-angled continuities I could be describing my old house literally but I am describing the ways in which the coherence of the Bible takes its shape by winding and
The Good Word
John W. Martens
With the Oscars still in mind in the Always the last to know category I received a phone call from the local Fox Network affiliate to talk to me about the revised edition of the New American Bible except they knew more about it than I Their slogan ldquo Wake up with Fox 9 rdquo now takes on
The Good Word
John W. Martens
Don rsquo t worry be happy Is this at the heart of Jesus rsquo teaching in Matthew 6 24-34 in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount Did Bobby McFerrin sum it all up in his 1988 hit It seems to me that McFerrin rsquo s feel good song shares some of the joy and delight in daily life that Jesus
The Good Word
John W. Martens
Many consider Leviticus boring containing as it does so many of the laws of Moses listed one after another Yet it is important to keep in mind how powerful Leviticus is as a text containing as it does so many of the laws of Moses listed one after another The power comes from a serious assessm
The Good Word
John W. Martens
At the end of the last post on Verbum Domini I asked ldquo How to convince them people today that reality is actually found in Scripture How to convince people that nature is not simply cruel and purposeless and that winning is not found in the nbsp one who dies with the most toys Benedict to