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chapters and verses in the bible

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1413, 14th May, 2011
Someone with far more patience than I has counted up all the verses of the Bible, making allowances for the different ways they can be counted, and posted his results here. It’s a handy reference if you’re the kind of person who needs chapter and verse counts occasionally. The chart he made should work most [...]
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another protestant using liturgy

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1120, 15th October, 2010
The idea of structured readings of the Bible and prayers, though implicitly rejected by many within Protestantism, seems to me on the rise.  Church of Christ preacher Brad Schrum, for example is privately practicing daily liturgy. Related Posts:The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth. Count on it.Thoughts on O’Donovan’s “The Desire of the Nations”chapters and verses [...]
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posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 12

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1526, 7th July, 2010
I promised this post would be written Monday.  But as probably the only biblioblogger in God’s green earth who has no internet connection at home, I faced the unique challenge of discovering that my library and coffee shop were apparently closed for Venezuelan Independence Day.  And so with no more ado, back to Tobit.  We [...]
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here’s an idea: it’s not original, but it’s an idea

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1608, 18th April, 2010
I’m a Protestant fellow, raised in a tradition variantly described as Church of Christ, Christian Church, Restoration Movement, Stone-Campbell Movement, Christians Only, or whatever you’d like to call it.  It’s a group where our Bibles have 66 books, the Lord’s Supper is taken weekly, baptism is administered to people after they express their belief in [...]
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get behind me, satan! how sometimes jesus smacks us in the face (so to speak)

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2103, 16th December, 2009
The passage I’m about to speak about is a passage which is very controversial between Protestants and Catholics. I’ll bet you can figure out my position on that. But what I want to look at is another angle of what’s being said in the text, about Peter as a person, and how that applies to [...]
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