Alas, my gentle snowflakes, my internet is broken once again. O woe! O sorrow! I should have liked to post this on Thursday, but the connection tragically quit working. Behold the trials we must endure! Be that as it may, I was able to glean the following jewels from the blogosphere before it all went haywire, and am delighted to share them with you:
- It is no secret that, like the infallible Moisés Silva and the great J. Gresham Machen before him, I am utterly fascinated by the Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians; therefore, I was very pleased to see two excellent posts on that Epistle. Firstly, Mike Bird has made available a draft of the fascinating paper he will read at the upcoming annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, entitled “What if Martin Luther Had Read the Dead Sea Scrolls? Historical Particularity and Theological Interpretation in Pauline Theology: Galatians as a Test Case.” And then Steve Runge, in his wonderful new blog NT Discourse, has posted a fantastic discussion of meta-comments as related to Galatians 1:9. I look forward to the rest of his series on this subject.
- Rob Bradshaw has digitized and made available an article by the late great George Raymond Beasley-Murray (who is justly praised by Jim West) on the much-debated question of How Christian is the Book of Revelation? Many thanks to Rob for continuing to make such outstanding materials available, and of course, my heartiest congratulations to him on the birth of his son Caleb Luke!
- And finally, Sister Macrina Walker, OCSO, offers us a wonderfully sober perspective on the recently reported incident between Greek and Armenian monks in Jerusalem in a post entitled Violence and Our Perceptions, which I highly recommend to all troubled by or otherwise interested in such episodes, which unfailingly hit the news about twice a year.
Bouncing into Graceland 
Esteban, please don’t F Revelation!
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i thought you were dead.
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I suggest that the Greek and Armenian monks should train the most fit among them for boxing. The monks can let out their aggression in a Pay Per View event. The money made can go to the favorite charity of the winning team.
The event reminded me of a short story I read a while back: http://www.leithart.com/pdf/Accidental_Ecumenist.pdf
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I heard Bishop Peter of Cleveland (ROCOR) just today make some remarks about the ‘news’ of fighting in the Holy Sepulchre that were very reminiscent of Sister Macrina’s. He also quoted Vladika Antony (Khrapovitsky) has having responded to reports of a similar incident in the 1930’s by saying, ‘Slava Bogu! I won’t be worried until they STOP fighting.’
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When I said ‘very reminiscent’, perhaps I should have said ‘very much in line with’. I don’t want to imply that he plagiarised her or even read her blog at all!
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Mike> Rest assured that it was only a typo, and that no such thoughts enter my mind concerning any of the Biblical books! ;-)
Jim> You must be intently hoping for my demise, sir! Once again, I'm forced to comment that your reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. (Plus, I posted three other times this past week alone!)
Aaron> How interesting! Bishop Peter is, of course, in a prime position to know and understand, as he was formerly the Administrator of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the idea of Bishop Peter plagiarizing Sister Macrina amuses me to no end. ;-)
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¡Hola Esteban! Espero que todo esté bien. Se nota tu ausencia de la blogósfera. Bendiciones.
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Manuel> ¡Saludos, Manuel! Mi conexión de internet parece haberse arreglado, y espero poder comenzar a publicar de nuevo. ¡Dios te guarde!
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Meanwhile, the idea of Bishop Peter plagiarizing Sister Macrina amuses me to no end. ;-)
Me too!
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