The commemoration this past Monday, July 15 (O.S.), of the holy prince Vladimir, Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of Russia, has given me occasion to consider once again the account of St Vladimir’s conversion and baptism, which may be found in the Russian Primary Chronicle by St Nestor the Chronicler.
In an earlier post entitled [...]
The Conversion of St Vladimir and Orthodox Apologetics
Book Notes, Part 1
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New Testament Perspectives, a fine blog which I saw for the first time yesterday, has an interesting interview with Bob and Bill Mounce about the making of The Zondervan Greek and English Interlinear New Testament, their most recently published joint effort. (Samples here and here.) One of the more attractive features for me is that [...]
Greek and Pride
I was chatting a few days ago with a good friend of mine who was telling me about a small group discussion in which he regularly participates. My friend, who is both a rather accomplished Hellenist and an exceedingly humble man, expressed some benign but genuine shock that the group leader, who only has a [...]
Thank You, Rob!
I owe a long overdue thank you to Rob Bradshaw for sending along a surplus copy of Volume XVIII of the journal Vox Evangelica, which contains the following articles:
David F. Wright, “One Baptism or Two? Reflections on the History of Christian Baptism,” Vox Evangelica 18 (1988): 7-23.
Michael Parsons, “‘In Christ’ in Paul,” Vox Evangelica 18 [...]
Theology and Praxis (Or, No Wonder I Understand Nothing at All!)
One of the differences between the eloquent philosophy of the Greeks and the Christian Faith is that the whole of Greek philosophy can clearly be expressed with words and comprehended by reading, while the Christian Faith cannot be clearly expressed by words and even less comprehended by reading alone. When you are expounding the Christian [...]
I’m Back!
In a comment posted earlier today, Jim West states that his presumption of my death appeared to be correct after all, and asks me to pass on his greetings to Zwingli in the other world. Setting aside my shock that Jim, a Baptist, is given to the practice of necromancy, I’m sorry to disappoint him [...]
Random Updates from the Northern Wilderness
In news that will undoubtedly cause the Irreverend Mr Ker to have a string of fits of hysteria, my venerable (and radically cool) glasses finally broke. Thanks to the good offices of Elmer’s Super Glue I have been able to salvage them temporarily, but I’m afraid that I will have to altogether replace them within [...]
