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George Carlin’s New Rules for 2008
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Ben Witherington
George Carlin’s New Rules for 2008 [N.B. I have edited various of these in a PG kind of way :)] New Rule:Stop giving me that pop-up ad for classmates.com ! There’s a reasonyou don’t talk to people for 25 years. Because you don’t particularlylike them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the footballteam…
Oprah’s New Age Jesus XM Religion Course
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Ben Witherington
James Foster sent me this article written by a man named Warren Smith (not to be confused with my friend Dr. Warren Smith who teaches Patristics at Duke Divinity School), who was a previous devotee of Williamson’s ‘Course in Miracles’ sponsored and supported by Oprah. This summary is quite revealing, and what it reveals is…
Christian Apostasy and Hebrews 6
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Ben Witherington
Certainly one of the most controversial issues in theological study of the NT is whether or not there are texts in the NT which speak of the fact that genuine Christians are capable of committing apostasy. There are numerous texts one could examine on this issue (e.g. 1 John 5; the Pastoral Epistles discussion about…
Old Wisdom
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Ben Witherington
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, “How old was your husband?” “98,” she replied. “Two years older than me.” “So you’re 96,” the undertaker commented. She responded, “Hardly worth going home, is it? Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: “And what do you think is the…
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