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The Book of Job can be a frustrating read for many avid Bible readers, especially in translation. What should we make of such confusing contradictions as this?:

“Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope” (Job 13:15 RSV)
“Though he slay me, I will hope in him” (Job 13:15 ESV)

So which is it? Is Job declaring that he has hope or that...


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Goran Zivkovic (program chair), James Watts, Naphtali Meshel, Roy Gane, William Gilders, Mark Giszczak (left to right)

A couple weeks ago in Boston I had the pleasure of presiding at a session ...


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Earlier this year, I had the delight of offering a commencement address to the graduating class of Our Lady of Walsingham Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As the fall semester draws to a close, I thought I would share it with you along with some pictures of the event. It was a fun day and so encouraging to see young people launch out into life not knowing what is ahead....


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I was delighted to learn this week that regarding Fr. Rick Thomas, SJ (1928-2006) the U.S. “bishops affirmed their support for the advancement of the cause of beatification and canonization on the dio...


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Yesterday, I came across a pretty obscure reference in a book by Jim Davila, the most profilic of biblical bloggers to whom I have linked for years. He wrote a commentary on some of the Dead Sea Scrolls entitled Liturgical Works (Eerdmans, 2000). On p. 242, I found this tidbit...


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