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The Bible’s New Testament: The Gospels I– The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts.

I bought a bass guitar in high school and soon started lessons.  I practiced simple scales and then was moved on to songs I liked with relatively easy-to-learn bass lines.  Although I learned a few songs well early (Nirvana’s “Come … Continue reading

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The Bible’s New Testament: The Gospel of John I – 3:16: God and Baseball?

It is 1988 and the Windhausers are at the Brown’s house to watch game one of the World Series.  The Dodgers are losing to the Oakland A’s 3-4. It is the bottom of the ninth. Though hobbled by injuries to … Continue reading

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The Bible’s New Testament: The Gospel of Luke I – Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan

When I moved to the Philadelphia area in 2000 for grad school, I decided to apartment-hunt in Haddonfield.  Some of my fellow students suggested it was cute, quaint, cheaper than Philly and close to the high speed line (which had … Continue reading

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