http://jwest.wordpress.com Bible and Theology Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:28:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first of the 5 to stand trial in the brutal, savage, inhuman, and animalistic slayings of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian is under the prosecutor's hammer, right where he and the other miscreants belong. In a rare move, federal prosecutors are asking a judge to ignore sentencing guidelines and slap ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/depravity-in-toto-the-killers-of-christian-and-newsom/ adtende de caelo et vide de habitaculo sancto tuo et gloriae tuae ubi est zelus tuus et fortitudo tua multitudo viscerum tuorum et miserationum tuarum super me continuerunt se tu enim pater noster et Abraham nescivit nos et Israhel ignoravit nos tu Domine pater noster redemptor noster a saeculo nomen tuum quare ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/ubi-est-zelus-tuus/ The first biography of Zwingli was published by his friend Oswald Myconius- who describes the aftermath of Z's death thusly: After the defeat, during the leisure given to the enemy the body of Zwingli was sought for, was found, tried and condemned, cut into four parts, thrown into the fire, reduced ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/oswald-myconius-on-the-death-of-zwingli/ You really can't make this stuff up.  But a man in Ohio has protested his impending execution claiming that he's too fat to be killed.  Fortunately the judge saw through (or perhaps, in this case, around) the protestation and has ruled that Richard Cooey II is not too fat at ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/dont-execute-me-im-too-fat/ Why not pop in to the Creation Museum in Kentucky. It's very, very popular! There you can see the most absurd anachronisms ever conceived by the mind of man and enjoy a hot coffee whilst gazing longingly and lovingly at the dinosaurs communing with Adam and Eve in ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/looking-for-something-to-do-this-weekend/ My friends are very important to me and in spite of the economic downturn I'm getting them all something for Christmas.  I'll not list all of them because some actually read here and I don't want to give it away.  But most of my friends have the good sense to ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/what-im-getting-my-friends-for-christmas/ 'My fellow Americans, I come to you today to plead with you to go out, right now, and buy stocks and bonds.  I admit that my previous advice has been, shall we say, poorly conceived, terribly implemented, and really quite wretched.  I admit too that I have been a total ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/the-speech-george-bush-should-have-made/ So declares a court in Arkansas.  Well this might come as a shock to some, but orthodox Christians have never considered Mormonism Christianity since it fails to understand the core doctrine of Christianity, Christology, in an orthodox manner.  A newspaper out there offers this bit: Joel Mark Rownak and Lisa Monette ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/mormonism-isnt-christianity/ Having mentioned now numerous times the upcoming NOVA special titled 'The Bible's Buried Secrets', we hear today that the redoubtable Aren Maier is one of the folk who appear in it.... if you watch [the trailer] and you are quick, you can see a few spots which were taken at ... http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/aren-maier-tv-star/ [gallery] The pulpit, one of the windows, and the organ at the Kappel Church http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/and-one-more-bunch-from-kappel/