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Must-read on Myron Rolle

Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Jason A. Staples

ESPN’s Outside the Lines has done a pretty good piece on former Florida State safety and Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle. It’s well worth the read. I’ve spent a good bit of time with Myron’s brother McKinley, and I have a great deal of respect for the Rolles. I’ll say this: don’t doubt Myron in... »

“Flesh” is not “Human effort” in Gal 3:3

Friday, February 19, 2010
By Jason A. Staples

Stephen Carlson has put up a good post on why the translation of σάρξ as anything other than “flesh” in Gal 3:3 is “weak tea.” Carlson observes that Paul is making a point concerning literal flesh—the foreskin—but many translations unfortunately treat Paul’s language as... »

Sources on Tetragrammaton in LXX and First-century?

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
By Jason A. Staples

I’m presenting a paper at this year’s SECSOR in Atlanta that deals tangentially with the Tetragrammaton in first century Judaism, most notably in how it might have been translated and/or pronounced when incorporated into a Greek text (i.e. κύριος, transliteration, or something else?). Anyone... »


Sports and Christianity: How Should Christians Handle Competition?

Saturday, February 6, 2010
By Jason A. Staples

A couple days ago, a friend pointed me to, “Sports Fanatics,” a Christianity Today article in which Shirl James Hoffman (author of the book, Good Game: Christianity and the... »

New Book Release: “And God Said” by Joel Hoffman

Friday, February 5, 2010
By Jason A. Staples
New Book Release: “And God Said” by Joel Hoffman

Fellow blogger Dr. Joel Hoffman has announced his newest book, And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning, which deals with some of the tricky aspects of... »

Why the iPad is a Game-changer

Friday, January 29, 2010
By Jason A. Staples

Apple has released its long-awaited tablet computer to mixed reviews. Some apparently expected the so-called “JesusTablet” to have the ability to raise the dead in its first version, expressing... »