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What’s Wrong with Prospering? The Gospel according to Joel Osteen
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Ben Witherington
As the offering is about to be taken at the Compaq center, Joel Osteen’s wife and co-pastor Victoria urges generosity as a way of prompting God’s favor. “He not only wants to enrich you but do things for you you know nothing about,” she said. “Let him breathe the breath of life into your finances…
WORDSHAPED
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Ben Witherington
Partial and piecemeal, here and thereVowels omitted, consonants squareNo jots or tittles, not one iotaAs if there was, a letter quota. Line upon line, word for wordNopunctuationseparationabsurdScriptum continuum without an endSpace is so precious, conventions must bend Fair hand copy, stylus in handAwaiting dictation, write on demandLine length is even, no letters oddSo it must…
What’s inside the ‘Inside Man’?
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Ben Witherington
Its been a while since there has been a really thought provoking and interesting drama or thriller that does not rely on gimics, special effects, or large impressive sets or scenic vistas, but we have one now in Spike Lee’s sparkling new film ‘Inside Man’. Filmed largely in a single bank location and its surroundings…
The Eternal Subordination of Christ and of Women
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Ben Witherington
I am pleased to be able to provide here with permission a section of Kevin Gile’s recent study of a recent theological trend that attempts to link relationships in the Godhead to relationships between men and women. What is especially odd about the argument discussed here is that it appears that theological conclusions are revised…
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