I am not sure how many of you already know this, but I love Xmas… not just Christmas, but Xmas. I think we should all love Xmas. You see, ink and parchment were expensive back in the days of the early church and for centuries afterward. The...
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December 23, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Language Issues
I received an email this week from one of my students in India. She wanted to know if I could give her a biblical defense for celebrating Christmas. I said that I could and couldn’t. On the one hand, “Christmas” was not a known part of some church...
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December 23, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Contexualization, Question Posts
Question: Job 1:4 – Is there a majority scholarly agreement with regards to what “every one his day” means? What is “his day”? I was always under the impression that it was each one’s birthday… What do you say? Is there scholarly agreement in general? If so,...
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August 28, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Old Testament Studies, Question Posts
Thomas Sowell writes often on the powerful use to which certain people put vocabulary in manipulating the opinions of the public about complex dynamics in society. One of these manipulative uses of vocabulary concerns the use of the terms “advantages” “disadvantages” & “Privilege.” These are bumper sticker phrases...
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July 17, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Society
I wrote this on the eve after the 2015 supreme court illegal decision making Same Sex Marriage the Law of the Land for those who don’t understand why most Christians care so deeply about the same sex “marriage” issue, let me explain. My discussion is long, multiple times...
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July 3, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Society
My article “Mother’s Day Massacre: A Response to “An Open Letter to Pastors (A Non-Mom Speaks about Mother’s Day)” [1] generated as one might expect a lot of responses. Many called me names, thankfully borrowing most of them from the one’s I provided as an option in my...
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May 15, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Society
We have a guest blogger today. Othello Mugugu who originally hails from Zimbabwe, has a Bachelors from Northpoint Bible College, Serves in the American Army, is just completing his Masters in Religious Studies from Providence College in Providence Rhode Island. He has been studying various social and ethical...
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March 27, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Ethics, Society
I just joined Franklin Graham’s Facebook page. I’ve always admired his father for his years of tireless effort on behalf of the kingdom of God, his ability to maintain integrity and grounding in the administration of a world-wide multi-million dollar ministry, and, if not in full agreement with...
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March 23, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Communication, Society
People are afraid of spreading diseases… naturally. The whole history of man is peppered with stories of periodic bouts with diseases that wiped out portions of the population. Bubonic Plague, Small Pox, Cholera, Yellow Fever, Tuberculosis, The 1918 outbreak of Spanish Flu, which claimed the lives of some...
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February 11, 2015 Andrew Sargent
Communication, Society
I want to thank those faithful folk who have been reading my blog Biblical Literacy where I seek to help you become a better Bible interpreter. I need your help to developing the blog & to extend its reach. Sign up to receive notifications by email at drandrewsargent.com. Open...
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December 4, 2014 Andrew Sargent
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I am excited to introduce a singer with whom I’ve been traveling around of late. Britney Cashman and her husband Jonathan have been touring the New England area promoting our new book, 40 Days with the Savior, showcasing their own music, especially the musical SAVIOR which inspired the...
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November 21, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Savior Devotional
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Perhaps it’s not wise to write a blog post when one is a bit irritated and less than amused, but… what the hay! In a recent Facebook exchange over a presently undisclosed topic of controversy, a non-Christian friend of mine, an intelligent person with a keen wit (both...
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August 4, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Communication, Society
Joseph Bonham, M.A. is today’s guest blogger. Joseph has his own blog called the Biblical Bean, linked below. In addition to a Bachelors in Biblical Studies, he holds a master of arts from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Biblical Languages / Hebrew Bible I don’t actually remember the wording of our vows,...
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August 1, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Studies, New Testament Studies
FACT: We, as a nation, CANNOT simultaneously maintain anti-discrimination laws, religious freedom & gay marriage. We must choose… but which should we choose, and how should we choose? This, of course, forces a real & practical distinction between two different kinds of anti-discrimination laws. 1. Laws that forbid...
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June 2, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Society
If you love juicy tidbits about the Bible that help you understand it better, go to drandrewsargent.com. I’m Dr. Andrew Sargent and I write a blog called BIBLICAL LITERACY. I have a PhD in Theology & Two master’s degrees in Biblical Studies… BUT I try to explain even complex...
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May 7, 2014 Andrew Sargent
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The World Vision debacle is the latest and hottest scandal in Christendom. In spite of their faith statement claiming to be an organization of individuals dedicated to the Bible as “…the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God,” and to Jesus Christ as “central to who we...
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March 31, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Society
I must confess, I did not watch the recent televised and much talked about creation debate between Answers in Genesis founder, Ken Ham and, local TV legend, Bill Nye the science guy…aside from a few clips here and there. I did, however, read a good deal about it...
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February 20, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Studies, Old Testament Studies, Society
I first saw The SAVIOR Musical by Jonathan Cashman almost 15 years ago when I was a professor at Zion Bible College (Now Northpoint Bible College in Haverhill Ma). (See his guest post, SAVIOR through a Wormhole: My Life as a Christian Musician) After the first performance, my family...
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January 28, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Savior Devotional
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Benjamin Corey is a once upon a time “fundamentalist” who shifted to being a “Christian Progressive” when he began attending Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2008. He accredits this shift not to GCTS, which is conservative, generally, but to his increased reading of Scripture, citing a recent Christianity Today...
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January 23, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Communication, HAGALAH, Society
There are several parts of MLK’s great “I have a dream” speech that are of crucial importance in an age where “Freedom” and “Justice” have been redefined as “rights to have without work” rather than “rights to work to achieve,” where they have become not “rights to be...
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January 20, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Society
