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Aug 5

Robert Alter, "The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel"

The author of "The Art of Biblical Narrative" and "The Art of Biblical Poetry" continues his quest to provide "the first literary translation of the Hebrew Bible since the King James Version."

The immortal stories of David and Goliath, Samuel, Saul, Bathsheba and Solomon will leave you questioning the divine right of kings.

Caravaggio, David and Goliath (Wikimedia Commons)

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Syrian Christians of South India

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May 19, 2023

Worthship

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Belief has consequence

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Midwife for Souls

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Is there light in the darkness?

Apr 21, 2023

Approaching painful inner darkness as a help rather than a hindrance for personal growth.

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Apr 6, 2023

Historical Certainty?

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certain vs improbable facts about the life and ministry of Jesus

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Mar 21, 2023

Look Back in Regret?

Mar 21, 2023

Was biculturalism merely an artifact of 1980s activism? That question shapes haunts the story of his John Bluck's life's work.

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Mar 12, 2023

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Mar 12, 2023

The deliberate roughness and immediacy of the evangelists will shock you awake from the many sleep-inducing modern translations.

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Feb 28, 2023

Love, Life, Vision

Feb 28, 2023

A teenage love poem begins this volume of the “literary” translation of the bible.

Feb 28, 2023

Feb 21, 2023

Anglican Inspiration

Feb 21, 2023

Encountering church services based on the Bible

Feb 21, 2023

Feb 14, 2023

The Restless Heart

Feb 14, 2023

The heart's hunger is infinite

Feb 14, 2023

Feb 10, 2023

Redeemer Orthodoxy

Feb 10, 2023

Resurrecting traditional beliefs in the authority of the Bible, morality and sexuality

Feb 10, 2023

Feb 3, 2023

A Comic Bible

Feb 3, 2023

Bible stories illustrated with Lego blocks.

Feb 3, 2023

Jan 27, 2023

Sacred Nature

Jan 27, 2023

We need to change our relationship to nature

Jan 27, 2023

Dec 16, 2022

Suffering and Enlightenment

Dec 16, 2022

How to interpret the Book of Job has challenged people for millennia.

Dec 16, 2022

Dec 8, 2022

Praying the Canonicial Hours

Dec 8, 2022

The spiritual writings of Henri Nouwen compiled into prayers and spiritual exercises for each of the canonical hours.

Dec 8, 2022

Dec 1, 2022

What Lies Beneath

Dec 1, 2022

Life in and out of a mega-church that could never escape the evil that lay in its roots

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Nov 25, 2022

Christianity

Nov 25, 2022

"a sweeping and informative portrait of a faith that has shaped the western world and beyond”

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Nov 18, 2022

Selfless

Nov 18, 2022

“Do you ever find yourself worried about what others think of you? … Maybe those thoughts occupy a lot of your waking (and dreaming) time and when they rear their heads, chase any other more positive thoughts out of your mind?”

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Words of virtuosity and power

Nov 11, 2022

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Oct 28, 2022

Seasons of Faith

Oct 28, 2022

“I believe … for millennia, aspiring believers like me have found solace amidst their struggle by reciting these words together, Sunday after doubt-filled Sunday, century after sin-ridden century, always hoping for redemption and always hoping that the words might be true."

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Losing and finding a vocation

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My life as a nun was over

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Oct 6, 2022

The Art of Faith

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“By light we do our work. By that same light others behold it. And all of the light is borrowed from God.”

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Cartoon Bible

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Sep 23, 2022

An indigenous church

Sep 23, 2022

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Sep 16, 2022

Still Relevant?

Sep 16, 2022

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Sep 2, 2022

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Sep 2, 2022

Aug 26, 2022

Finding God in the Wilderness

Aug 26, 2022

The devastating stories of Hagar in Genesis 16:1 and Genesis 21:9-21 contain not only the first annunciation in the bible but also the first experience of God in the wilderness - experiences that many identify with to this day.

Aug 26, 2022

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