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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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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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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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John 11 Study: Tuesday, June 17, 2014

I just finished reading Richard Gaffin’s book, Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology. It presents all sort of interesting things for future consideration. Much of which relates to my study of John 11 and the resurrection of Lazarus. … Continue reading

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John 11 Study: June 10, 2014

start: 9.10am “After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”” (11.11) I’ve read that sleep is not an unusual metaphor for death in the ancient world and it … Continue reading

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

Matt and I have had conversations lately where Hume has made an appearance and as such, it prompted me to read a more modern (published in 2000) attempt to deal with the devastation Hume dealt to the justification of the … Continue reading

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Book: Covenant Theology: A Baptist Distinctive

Reformed Baptists are such a refreshing change from the madness of the dispensational branch that has grown out of control in the last 100-150 years. Mexico has very few reformed Baptists, but that seems to be changing. Our church would … Continue reading

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