Author Archives: Rick Wadholm

Confessions of a Book Fiend

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

This cartoon is courtesy of Incidental Comics This comic is to all my bibliophile friends out there…you know who you are…because your READING a BLOG for goodness sake (which means you probably have scattered and/or stacked books around you as … Continue reading →

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Saints or Holy Ones?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

Over Thanksgiving (the U.S. one for my Canadian friends) this last weekend one of the conversations I had with family (my family on both sides is filled with pastors) was about the change made in the NIV(2011) concerning the non-use … Continue reading →

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A Fortune Worth Keeping

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

I took my family to a Chinese restaurant where we passed around the fortune cookies afterward in order to share the funny things written inside (sometimes you can barely even reconstruct the poorly written English, but it makes for lots … Continue reading →

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Geeky Ugaritic Mug

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

I just HAD to blog about one of the geekiest things I’ve seen (this week).  Boy…I wish I had one :-).  It turns out Eisenbrauns is offering a mug that has the story of ‘Ilu’s drinking party in Ugaritic cuneiform … Continue reading →

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A Brief Theology of Suffering: The Story of God and Man

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> There can be no missing that something is terribly wrong with the world.  One need not look far to conclude this.  Sin and evil; death and suffering; sorrow and loss abound.  Not that there is … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, Eschaton, Genesis, Jesus Christ, Karl Barth, Redemption, Revelation, Suffering, Theodicy | Leave a comment

My Favorite Blogs

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

I just thought I’d take a moment to share some of my favorite blogs.  I read quite a few (some have quit blogging of late that I still follow…which is just as well, because it gives me less to follow) … Continue reading →

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Blessed be the One Who Grabs Babylon's Babies and Smashes Them on a Rock: A Psalm

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion. On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps, for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Kings, Deuteronomy, Hebrews, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Obadiah, Proverbs, Psalms, Romans | Leave a comment

Daniel 3 – The God Who Saves

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

3:1-7 – The image of gold.  Theodotian and the LXX provide an interesting time note that is not included in the Aramaic text found in our Bibles.  They actually state that it was Nebuchadnezzar’s 18th year when what follows happened … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, 2 Kings, Daniel, Deuteronomy, Exodus, Ezekiel, Genesis, Hebrews, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Numbers, Prayer of Azariah, Proverbs, Revelation | Leave a comment

I Heart Barth

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

As I mentioned earlier this week Hendrickson Publisher’s made Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics available for a steal of a price.  This has lead to theological geeks, er, students finally having access to Barth’s magnum opus.  Several of the students at … Continue reading →

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Happiness All Around

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

Several fun notes about my recent happenings: Cambria (my five year old) was home from church yesterday with a fever so my wife and I swapped.  I stayed home for Sunday School with Cam (since she teaches pre-school) and she … Continue reading →

Posted in August Konkel, Church Dogmatics, Karl Barth, Midrash, Old Testament | Leave a comment