The Bible and Culture https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture All Things Biblical and Christian Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:53:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The John Wesley Fellows Meeting at Candler—- The Senior Fellows https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler-the-senior-fellows.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler-the-senior-fellows.html#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:46:30 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/bibleandculture/2011/01/the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler--the-senior-fellows.html The John Wesley Fellowship began in 1977, with Steve Harper and yours truly being two of the first John Wesley Fellows chosen.  I have told the story of Ed Robb and AFTE  this past Fall on the blog so I will not repeat it.   Here are some of the senior fellows attending the meeting.

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]]> https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/guns-and-religion-enough-is-quite-enough.html/feed/ 145 Revival 2011— At My Home Church in Charlotte https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/revival-2011-at-my-home-church-in-charlotte.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/revival-2011-at-my-home-church-in-charlotte.html#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:58:02 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/bibleandculture/2011/01/revival-2011--at-my-home-church-in-charlotte.html ...

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]]> https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler-the-art-of-theology.html/feed/ 79 Ancient Readers and Manuscripts— William A. Johnson’s Take https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/ancient-readers-and-manuscripts-william-a-johnsons-take.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/ancient-readers-and-manuscripts-william-a-johnsons-take.html#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:30:59 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/bibleandculture/2011/01/ancient-readers-and-manuscripts--william-a-johnsons-take.html

 

In the American world of bigger is better (and more erudite) it is refreshing to find a smallish book  (207 pages of text, including some pictures)  that makes its points in detail with full primary source documentation and then resists the tendency...

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In the American world of bigger is better (and more erudite) it is refreshing to find a smallish book  (207 pages of text, including some pictures)  that makes its points in detail with full primary source documentation and then resists the tendency...

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For those of you who know the literary works or life of Tolstoy, you will find this story from the NY Times this week rather depressing.  The Orthodox Church, in its wisdom, still can't seem to practice that quintessential Christian virtue,...

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For those of you who know the literary works or life of Tolstoy, you will find this story from the NY Times this week rather depressing.  The Orthodox Church, in its wisdom, still can't seem to practice that quintessential Christian virtue,...

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]]> Producing the first biography of Cicero in more than a quarter century, this well written, well reviewed biography (see Amazon reviews) first appeared in 2001 and has continued to be well-received and widely read.  Everitt went on to write similar biographies of Augustus and most...

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]]> https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/cicero-a-biography-by-anthony-everitt.html/feed/ 6 Conspirata— The Trials and Tribulations of Cicero https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/conspirata-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-cicero.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2011/01/conspirata-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-cicero.html#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:22:37 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/bibleandculture/2011/01/conspirata--the-trials-and-tribulations-of-cicero.html Robert Harris is perhaps not a name you will be familiar with, but he is a fine historical novelist indeed.  On this blog we have already reviewed his two previous novels about ancient  Rome--- 'Pompeii'  and 'Imperium'  both of which are fine reads...

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]]> Robert Harris is perhaps not a name you will be familiar with, but he is a fine historical novelist indeed.  On this blog we have already reviewed his two previous novels about ancient  Rome--- 'Pompeii'  and 'Imperium'  both of which are fine reads...

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