James' Thoughts and Musings

Mark Robert Anderson.  The Quran in Context: A Christian Exploration .  IVP Academic, 2016.  See here to purchase the book. The bio of M...

Nabeel Qureshi.  Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity .  Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014. Nabeel Qureshi ...

At church this morning, the pastor preached about the Joseph story and how God worked good out of bad in that situation. The pastor said ...

I just saw the documentary Oh My God , which my friend Felix mentioned here a while back. It’s about a film-maker who travels the world...

I finished the Koran a few days ago, and here are some reactions. Since the book is so big, I can't really document every claim that I m...

Here are a few thoughts, before I go outside to enjoy this beautiful day: 1. I watched America last night. You know, there are some setting...

For me, prayer can take a variety of forms. Sometimes, I comment on the text I am reading for an entire hour, or (more often) at some point ...

Source: Cathleen Falsani's Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace (Grand Rapids: Zondervan , 2008) 22-24. For background on this series, ...

1. Yehoshua Amir, "Authority and Interpretation of Scripture in the Writings of Philo," Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Inte...

1. Devorah Dimant , "Use and Interpretation of the Mikra in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha ," Mikra : Text, Translation, Readi...

1. Devorah Dimant, "Use and Interpretation of the Mikra in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha," Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading an...

1. Benjamin Kedar, "The Latin Translations," Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient ...