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Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Is.30:21)
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How The Irish Saved Civilization | Review & Notes
Thomas Cahill. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe. Anchor Books, 1995. (245 pages) — Notes — Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true […]
Sophie Scholl | Review
July 2, 2012
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (Wikipedia entry) [NR], 2005 This movie is about the last days in the life of Sophie Scholl, a 21-year-old member of the anti-Nazi non-violent student resistance group the White Rose, part of the German Resistance movement. She was found guilty of high treason by the People’s Court and executed […]
Masada | Notes
June 11, 2012
Yigael Yadin. Masada: Herod’s Fortress and the Zealots’ Last Stand. Steimatzky Ltd., 1997. (272 pages) 1 The challenge * Western drop to the Dead sea is more than 1,300 feet. * 66 AD, the Jewish revolt flared up into a full-scale country-wide war. * 70 AD, the Roman general Titus conquered Jerusalem, sacked the city, […]
Did Jesus Exist? | Notes & Review
April 29, 2012
Bart Ehrman. Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth. HarperOne, 2012. (361 pages) [many thanks to Janelle for our copy!] Introduction When mythicists use the term [myth] they often seem to mean simply a story that has no historical basis, a history-like narrative that in fact did not happen. (3) What I […]
TED | Neil MacGregor: 2600 Years of History in One Object
February 29, 2012
The things we make have one supreme quality — they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives, and in each life they can mean different things. Which means that, while we all have one biography, they have many. I want this morning to talk about the […]
Paper Clips | Review
October 23, 2011
Miramax, 2004. [G] As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis. Beautiful. Several themes emerge in this movie that are worthy of note. And though the pace and tone of […]
Understanding Biblical Kingdoms & Empires | Notes & Review
July 4, 2011
Paul H. Wright. Understanding Biblical Kingdoms & Empires: An Introductory Atlas & Comparative View. Carta, 2010. (40 pages) On the Edge of Empire in a Land Between …the overall pattern in the historical record of the peoples of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean Basin portrays the Levant as a frontier of Empire: a bridge […]
As A Driven Leaf | Notes & Review
July 17, 2010
Milton Steinberg. As A Driven Leaf. Behrman House, Inc., 1939. (480 pages) This is a historical fiction story of Elisha ben Abuya, based upon historical records, but pieced and crafted together by the author with some elaborations and dismissals. Thus it is “intended as a novel, not a biography.” (478) I picked up this book […]
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time | Notes & Review
June 7, 2010
Will Durant, John Little, ed. The Greatest Minds and Ideas of all time. Simon & Schuster, 2002. (127 pages) I recently discovered Will Durant and his work, and will be engaging with it for the next several years. Very readable, accessible, and extremely quotable, the Durants (Will and his wife Ariel) have written an 11-volume […]
Jesus and the Victory of God | Notes & Review
May 3, 2010
N.T. Wright. Jesus and the Victory of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Volume 2). Fortress Press,1996. (741 pages) It was serendipitous for Wheaton to be holding their Theology Conference featuring Wright, and particularly this work. Audio available here. Part I/Introduction 1. Jesus Then and Now 2. Heavy Traffic on Wredebahn: The ‘New […]
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization | Notes & Review
February 26, 2009
As someone who is not as well versed in this area of history, I must take caution as to the bias and presentation of programs like these. The Netflix reviews are helpful for keeping that in mind, as many are critical of the differing favorings of this presentation. Either way, if you can filter through […]
August 4, 2012
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