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Two New Bible Reading Plans

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

This is just a quick follow-up to my post from five years ago when I read the Bible in one year and posted my customized reading plan, and from earlier this year when I re-posted it as an essay. Long … Continue reading →

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Bible Reading Revised

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

One year ago I started on a plan to read the Bible cover to cover in, well, one year. I wrote my own reading plan to do this because I was dissatisfied with the various other plans I could find. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Exodus: Gods and Kings

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

I reviewed Noah last spring with a follow-up post on the finer points of the film’s theology. I thought that film was pretty good, but you had to be willing to think deeply about its message and not just watch … Continue reading →

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Bible reading redux

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

At the beginning of the year, I posted my plan to read the Bible cover to cover this year. I felt unsatisfied with the various Bible in a year plans that can be found on the Internet, so I designed … Continue reading →

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The subtle theology of Noah

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

In my review of the movie Noah, I said that I felt that the film was much deeper and richer in the theology of the Biblical text than it gets credit for. I wanted to take the time to show … Continue reading →

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Movie review: Noah

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

The new Biblical epic, Noah, has generated a lot of controversy for its loose interpretation of the famous Bible story. (If you’re not familiar with it, you can go read Genesis 6-9 right here.) While the film has gotten good … Continue reading →

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Reading the Bible

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Alex R. Howe

I have read every part of the Bible at least twice and probably a majority of it three times. But one thing I have not done is to read the whole thing cover to cover in order. So I decided … Continue reading →

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