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About Benj

I’m a native North Jerseyan, transplanted to Pennsylvania...lived and taught in Eastern Europe for six years…Old Testament professor, author, minister, musician, liturgist…husband to Corrie…father to Daniel and Elizabeth.

Links: 3 March 2016

Posted on 3 March 2016 by Benj

Variety show… Continue reading →

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Links: 20 February 2016

Posted on 20 February 2016 by Benj

Mostly politics this week… Continue reading →

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Links: 12 February 2016

Posted on 12 February 2016 by Benj

Wheaton, the Pope, Target and “big data”… Continue reading →

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International Septuagint Day

Posted on 8 February 2016 by Benj

Happy International Septuagint Day! Continue reading →

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Links: 3 February 2016

Posted on 3 February 2016 by Benj

An eclectic mix of stories this week… Continue reading →

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Links: 12 January 2016

Posted on 12 January 2016 by Benj

‘The tendency of religious pluralists is to flatten out the distinctives of each religion and try to compress them onto a procrustean bed of universal religion rather than allow them to articulate their own God, in their own grammar, narrative, diversity, and history. The greatest respect we can pay to the adherents of other faiths is not to tell them who their God is – “Your God is just like ours but with a few funny quirks,” which sounds terribly condescending – but to allow them to speak of their own God as their God without turning him/her/it/them into an avatar of one’s own God. Respect for “others” is not about denying the differences, but respecting those differences as what makes someone else’s faith precious to them.’ Continue reading →

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Not Just Treading Water

Posted on 8 January 2016 by Benj

There is fruit along the way. The fruit may come in small, airplane-sized cups. It may be fruit salad that’s mostly honeydew. (Honestly–who likes honeydew, anyway?) But it’s still fruit. Continue reading →

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Best of 2015

Posted on 2 January 2016 by Benj

Happy New Year! You’ve been waiting with bated breath: here are the nominees for the best posts of 2015. Choose Your Heresies Carefully For All the Nations I Love Ruining Bible Verses Microcredit, “Borrowing-to-Save,” and Social Norms Thoughts on Canon … Continue reading →

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Links: 28 December 2015

Posted on 27 December 2015 by Benj

Lots about suffering this week… Continue reading →

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Best of 2014

Posted on 27 December 2015 by Benj

It’s about 11 months later than I had thought it would be, but here are my nominations for the Top Eleven posts of 2014… Continue reading →

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