Author Archives: Benj

Brett McCracken of CT has written an excellent article about the relationship between the American Reformed folk and Tom Wright: "Wrightians and the Neo-Reformed: ‘All One in Christ Jesus.’" (HT: Joe Hesh)

Video of the latest song from The No Longer, April 10 at Solid Rock Cafe:

Some of you will remember that several months ago Yahoo! shut down Geocities.com. It was a sentimental moment for those of us whose first forays into the online world include a Geocities page, composed either in HTML or with a … Continue reading →

On Friday, March 26, my sister and I presented papers at the Eastern Regional meeting of ETS. I had mixed feelings about this meeting; the theme–Amish forgiveness–looked interesting, but not really up my academic alley. I had decided to give … Continue reading →

Last time, I discussed my helpful, yet less than ideal, experience at the SBL regional meeting. This update will be more personal. The next year will involve many changes for me and Corrie. This is the first online announcement, and … Continue reading →

Two weeks ago, I presented a paper on the biblical acrostics at the Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. I was very excited to attend this meeting; there were some good papers being presented, I wanted feedback … Continue reading →

I realize it’s been a few weeks since I’ve written here. A lot has happened in that time, so I have quite a few things to write about over the next few days. I’ll give it to you in small … Continue reading →

I love my drinks–hot, cold, hard, soft. When we went to Europe last year, we spent more money on drinks than on food–wines, ales, whiskey, cappuccino, etc. When it comes to hot drinks, I definitely consider myself to be more … Continue reading →

I just got official word that my paper has been accepted for the Eastern Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on March 26 in Lancaster. I hope some of you can make it–ETS is always a lot of fun. … Continue reading →

My presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting of AAR/SBL is currently scheduled for Friday, 3/12, between 3:15-5:00 (subject to change). The complete SBL schedule is here: http://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/rm_midatlantic.aspx The parallel American Academy of Religion page is here: http://www.aarweb.org/About_AAR/Regions/Mid-Atlantic/call.asp See you there!