The Purpose of the Psalms
Read moreProblem 1:
The first was that wives should submit. I knew women were just as competent as men -- often more so. If there was wisdom in asymmetrical decision-making in marriage, surely it should depend on who was more competent in that area: sometimes the husband, sometimes the wife!
The evidence itself comes in the form of a small piece of clay (an impression left by a seal), a mere 0.4 inches long, which appears to bear the inscription "Isaiah the prophet." It was unearthed as part of excavations of a previously undisturbed pile of debris at the Ophel excavation in Jerusalem.
Read moreISIS or ISIS-backed looters apparently dug the tunnels to look for archaeological treasures from the Assyrian kings in what is today Iraq, Ali Y. Al-Juboori, director of the Assyrian Studies Centre at the University of Mosul, wrote in a recent issue of the journal Iraq. [In Photos: Ancient City Discovered in Iraq]
In this week's strange news, an atom gets caught on camera, enriched uranium is found floating over Alaska and a woman makes a horrifying discovery in her own eyes.
Read moreBut researchers had no way of examining the fragile, damaged book, which was sealed together by water and fire damage, until now.
University of Kentucky computer scientist W. Brent Seales and University of Iowa early Christianity scholar Paul Dilley are using the same process that was used to decode the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Their new x-ray images of the manuscript are still being processed and examined.
Read moreFor unto us a child is born, unto us a SON is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and HIS Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting FATHER, The PRINCE of Peace. (Jesus' Birth is foretold) Isaiah 9:6 -- KJV
Read moreReformational Anglicanism cultivated, and continues to develop, a sound interpretation of revealed theology, a mature spirituality, a worthy tradition of worship, and a disciplined life of communion with God in adoration, gratitude, and service. It seeks to promote as ably as possible the truth and joy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Word of God is the message, the Son of God is mankind's only Savior, and the Holy Spirit is the generator of life with God in the soul of man.
Read moreFrom the perspective of anthropology, the deep time record of human activity is evident in the vast number of objects made and used by humans. Here is a short list. Note the 40 thousand+ custom of burial in red ochre.
2.5-3.4 million
Butchering flints found in Dikika, Ethiopia. This bone shows evidence of butchering.
1.5 million
Stone tools found in Saudi Arabia near the Red Sea from a time when the region was much wetter.
However, we also see in the Scriptures that there is no value in maintaining a false or institutional unity simply for unity's sake. The unity that God longs for us to preserve is the unity that we have by virtue of our common faith in Christ. It is a unity created by the fact that we share the Spirit of Christ.
Read moreIn advance of this February's General Synod the House of Bishops has responded to this motion in GS Misc 1178, An update on 'Welcoming Transgender People.'[1]
The three key paragraphs in this paper are paragraphs 3, 6 and 4.
Paragraph 3
In response to the call in the July Synod debate for the Church of England to welcome and affirm transgender people, paragraph 3 declares: