I received a letter today that my dissertation topic was approved by the Ph.D. Studies Committee. My topic is the reign of Jehu, or more specifically: An investigation into the geopolitical aspects of the reign of Jehu, with particular focus on Israelite-Aramean relations. I won’t start real work on the dissertation until (probably) spring 2011. No kidding. They have so many time-consuming hurdles even before you get to the dissertation.<\/p>\n
This week and much of next was\/will be spent on Ezekiel, Ephesians, and Emmanuel. I have 6 days to research and write a 25-page paper on the use of Isaiah 7:14 in Matthew 1:23. None of the easy answers will work for this one.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2008\/10\/21\/the-comprehensive-argument-against-barack-obama\/<\/a> <\/p>\n Krauthammer<\/a>: “Today’s economic crisis, like every other in our history, will in time pass. But the barbarians will still be at the gates. Whom do you want on the parapet? I’m for the guy who can tell the lion from the lamb.”<\/p>\n Maybe it was just my brain at the end of a long day, but this<\/a> really made me laugh. <\/p>\n The front fell off<\/a>. I’m not sure how to describe this, but it’s a funny 2-minute video.<\/p>\n Do you give money to Jewish organizations, or to Christian organizations to help Israel? Many Christians do. There are several problems involved in such giving, but here’s just one (via the Caspari Report<\/a>): Following reports that [leader] Yechiel Eckstein makes $824,000 a year, Haaretz<\/i> (October 3) published a brief piece noting this fact – and the fact that the IFCJ which he directs, and which is considered to be the pioneer in raising funds from evangelical Christians, raised $75 million last year. $42 million was given as charity, while $30 million went to salaries and support for various projects.<\/p>\n This video on James 3<\/a> is good for reflection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I received a letter today that my dissertation topic was approved by the Ph.D. Studies Committee. My topic is the reign of Jehu, or more specifically: An investigation into the geopolitical aspects of the reign of Jehu, with particular focus on Israelite-Aramean relations. I won’t start real work on the dissertation until (probably) spring 2011. \u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-phd-coursework"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}