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2010-04-05T06:00:22-04:00

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Where does the word “Easter” come from?

Last updated on: April 5, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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David Koyzis has a fascinating post on that question. Other languages call the festival of Christ’s resurrection some version of the Aramaic word for “Passover,” namely, “Pascha.” This is a good Biblical term. But the Germans call it “Ostern” and the English call it “Eastern.” The Anglo-Saxon historian the Venerable Bede said that the word derives from “Eostre,” a pagan fertility goddess with rites in the beginning of Spring. But twentieth-century scholarship has called into question Bede’s interpretation. There... Read more

2010-04-05T05:45:44-04:00

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Unwritten rules

Last updated on: April 5, 2010 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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George Will has a great column on the unwritten rules of baseball: With the Twins seven runs ahead in the bottom of the eighth, with two outs and no one on and a 3-0 count, Hunter had swung hard at a pitch. According to baseball’s common law, he should not have swung at all. This episode is recounted in Jason Turbow’s “The Baseball Codes” about the game’s unwritten rules. Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents — judges’... Read more

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2010-04-05T05:20:41-04:00

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Quake hits California

Last updated on: April 5, 2010 at 5:20 am By Gene Veith

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No reports of major damage or casualties, but an earthquake hit Baja California, near the Mexico border. The quake was felt throughout southern California. It registered 6.9 on the Richter scale. The one that devastated Haiti was 7.0. See Strong 6.9 quake jolts Baja California, Mexico – washingtonpost.com. Can any of you out there give us a report? Read more

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2010-04-02T06:00:34-04:00

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“An infinite price has been paid”

Last updated on: April 2, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Johann Gerhard, a 17th century pastor and theologian, has written some of the most profound meditations that I have found. This is from his Sacred Meditations VII. , “Concerning the fruit of the Lord’s passion”: He has been judged in order to free us from the judgment of God. He has been prosecuted as a criminal so that we criminals may be pardoned. He has been scourged by godless hands to take away from us the scourge of the devil.... Read more

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2010-04-02T05:45:11-04:00

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The Ultimate Zone Rating

Last updated on: April 2, 2010 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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The latest thing in baseball is to emphasize defense. And to help make that happen, baseball statisticians have figured out a way to quantify a player’s defensive performance, coming up with the counterpart to batting average called “Ultimate Zone Rating.” Here is how it is calculated (though, as the article goes on, other factors, such as the specific ballparks, fly balls or grounders, etc., are also factored in): So how does one arrive at a player’s Ultimate Zone Rating? Well,... Read more

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2010-04-02T05:30:00-04:00

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What the banks did, the government is now doing

Last updated on: April 2, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Economics columnist Robert J. Samuelson is no Republican shill, nor can he even be called a conservative; but he has strong words about President Obama’s handling of the economy. Samuelson argues that the current administration’s approach to the ballooning federal deficit–which it responds to with denials, rationalizations, accounting tricks, and wishful thinking–is not unlike the way the banks responded to the housing bubble: Should the United States someday suffer a budget crisis, it will be hard not to conclude that... Read more

2010-04-02T05:17:46-04:00

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The site of the Resurrection

Last updated on: April 2, 2010 at 5:17 am By Gene Veith

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There is historical evidence to suggest that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem really was erected on the site of Christ’s Empty Tomb. Go here for a series of panoramic 360-degree virtual tours of both the exterior and the interior of the church. (Be sure to click the smaller boxes for the various interior views.) HT: David Mills Read more

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2010-04-02T05:00:43-04:00

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“This joyous day, dear Lord, with joy begin”

Last updated on: April 2, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Easter by Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) MOST glorious Lord of Lyfe! that, on this day, Didst make Thy triumph over death and sin; And, having harrowed hell, didst bring away Captivity thence captive, us to win: This joyous day, deare Lord, with joy begin; And grant that we, for whom thou diddest dye, Being with Thy deare blood clene washt from sin, May live for ever in felicity! And that Thy love we weighing worthily, May likewise love Thee for the... Read more

2010-04-01T06:00:18-04:00

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“Here, as broken, is presented”

Last updated on: April 1, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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The Banquet by George Herbert (1633) Welcome sweet and sacred cheer, Welcome deare; With me, in me, live and dwell: For thy neatnesse passeth sight, Thy delight Passeth tongue to taste or tell. O what sweetnesse from the bowl Fills my soul, Such as is, and makes divine! Is some starre (fled from the sphere) Melted there, As we sugar melt in wine ? Or hath sweetnesse in the bread Made a head To subdue the smell of sinne; Flowers,... Read more

2010-04-01T05:50:30-04:00

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Ruby Jane

Last updated on: April 1, 2010 at 5:50 am By Gene Veith

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My daughter teaches an online Latin class to homeschoolers. She just sent me this link to one of her students, 15-year-old Ruby Jane Smith. It turns out, she is yet another of these prodigious Christian homeschoolers who are doing amazing things! Ruby Jane is a fiddle player who has been on the Grand Ole Opry twice, has just been featured at the SXSW showcase in Austin, and has been collecting accolades like these: “Ruby Jane is the next big news... Read more

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