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John 11 Study: July 25, 2014

Listening to some sermons today on John 11. A Sympathetic Savior, John Reisinger, Trinity Baptist Church, 59:20 Mr. Reisinger (a reformed baptist), as expected, interprets Martha’s interaction with Jesus as accusatory. Without the prosodic features of language (body language, stress, … Continue reading →

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John 11 Study: July 23, 2014

“Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.” (13) The disciples thought Jesus had told them that Lazarus was sleeping, not dead. He told them in verse 4 that the sickness … Continue reading →

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John 11 Study: July 17, 2014

“His disciples replied, ‘Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.’” (11) In verse 7 Jesus said to his disciples, “let US go back to Judea”. They respond, but the Jews wanted to kill you and YOU want to go … Continue reading →

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Book: Introduction to Epistemology, Robert Audi

I started reading Robert Audi’s introductory work to epistemology last week. I’ve had this book for quite some time and have wanted to read it for just as long. Audi did a pretty spectacular job with the Cambridge Dictionary of … Continue reading →

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Saturday at the dunes

It’s been a few months since I was last at the dunes. And due to the extreme heat, this is not typically the time of year to visit. But even so, on Saturday I made the trip with some friends … Continue reading →

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Book: Hume’s Problem: Induction and the Justification of Belief

  “Different Bayesians commend different versions of the simplicity postulate (see e.g. Swinburne 1979). But whatever notion of simplicity one thinks fits a simplicity postulate best, assigning priors in accordance with it goes beyond the bounds of Bayesian inference construed … Continue reading →

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Book: Hume’s Problem: Induction and the Justification of Belief

“To answer these questions we seem first to need an answer to the question ‘What is logic?’ My own belief is that there is no fact of the matter about what entitles a theory of reasoning to logical status, and … Continue reading →

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a day at the beach

My sister bought me a new camera this year (it’s the third that she’s bought me!) I am very grateful and love playing with it. She also bought me a bunch of fun accessories to use with it, some of … Continue reading →

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Spanish Lessons

Today will be the end of two complete months with my Spanish tutor. She has been coming every day for an hour and a half. We have covered a lot of material in these last two months. Today will be … Continue reading →

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Scout enjoys the 100+ temperatures

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