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Released in 2013 A Review Last night Kay and I attended the world premiere of a new film. I could wax eloquent and say this was the first time I've ever attended a movie premiere, and it was, but when we use that language it conjures up the idea of…
A Report of Bulgaria Ministry By Bishop Dinko Zlatarov I have been sharing with you over the past few years about the regular annual visits of our beloved professor Jim Sawyer. This year once again we were privileged to have him among us. We had planned and organized for him…
Hanna (Arabic for John) is my translator as well as a student in the class. His English is self-taught, learned through studying an English dictionary and numerous times reading the only English language book he had available to him: Around the World in 80 Days. A Jordanian, his mother is…
For many years I led a monthly film group sponsored by our Church in the Bay Area. This was not just a fun –let’s get together for fellowship group. While there was fellowship and deepening relationships within the group members, the deeper agenda was to watch contemporary films and analyze…
I have been back from Guam for a couple of weeks now—and my body has still pretty much readjusted to Pacific Time. This semester I am teaching the second class in the Theology sequence. I had two weeks of “face to face” instruction with them. The rest of the semester…
My introduction to C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce came when I was a senior in college, up to that time I my experience with Lewis had been limited to his Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia. The Great Divorce came to me in a most unexpected way. On my 21st birthday my then girlfriend gave me…
My first introduction to J.R.R Tolkien was as a Junior, in High School. One of my classmates was reading The Hobbit. He encouraged me to read the book. He was a weird kid who was into all kinds of strange stuff, so I declined. When I was a Freshman at Biola, my Lit Prof…
Jesus is My OwnerBy Eugene Scott with Marie Scott Even after nearly 46 years of marriage, I still tease my wife on occasion saying, “You/She is not from “dis” country.” And this is true. She was born in the Amazon jungle in Peru. Her parents were with Wycliffe Bible Translators—in fact…
I first became acquainted with pastor, author & theologian Brad Jersak several years ago through his writings. Someone recommended his book Her Gates Will Never Be Shut to me. I got the book and read it and was positively impressed. Although I did not agree with all his conclusions, he opened areas of…
The following post is the Eulogy I gave at Dave Owen's memorial service at Gold Country Baptist Church in Shingle Springs CA on April 6, 2019. David Lee Owen Feb 5, 1956 (Tulsa OK)— March 29, 2019 (El Dorado CA) Both in the Old Testament and in the New we…