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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.

Real Presence: Screens, Fatherhood and Distractions

I save time by multitasking: reading email on my iTouch while playing trains with my son saves me from being pulled away to read that message later–right? Continue reading

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Psalm 1

“Blessed is the man…” Continue reading

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Scribal and Print Cultures

"Unlike scribal culture, which is inherently anti-individualist, print culture fosters ideas of personal fame by multiplying the author-as-signature indefinitely, projecting him both in space and in time into print-made immortality." J. M. Coetzee, "Censorship and Polemic"

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Sermon: “God With Us, God For Us”

A sermon delivered at Lansdale Presbyterian Church on September 1… Continue reading

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Sermon: “Falling Into YHWH’s Hand”

A sermon delivered at Lansdale Presbyterian Church on August 25… Continue reading

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Home Stretch, Other Projects

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“The Music Truck.” Or, “Positive Externalities.”

My three-year-old son refers to the ice cream truck as "the music truck." He has no idea that it sells ice cream. To him, it’s just a truck that drives around playing music, which he loves. No ulterior profit motive–just … Continue reading

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Make a Name for Oneself

“Everybody and their gastroenterologists can make money off of college athletes, except the athletes themselves….” Continue reading

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Languages

My sister, Rebekah Devine, has a great post on the value of learning biblical language. She has been in the throes of learning Hebrew this year in preparation for entering Wheaton’s graduate program, and I am very proud of her. … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Shoshanah Giffone

Some folks have asked us about the meaning and origins of the names we chose… Continue reading

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