A Curious Clue, and other links

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• A Curious Clue about the Origins of the New Testament Canon -- “Given Paul’s statement in 2 Cor 3:14 that we just noted, it would be natural to think that Paul has in mind a new set of written documents that testify to the terms of the covenantal arrangement in Christ.”
• Christian Social Worker Sues After Losing Job Offer, Told He Must ‘Embrace And Promote Homosexual Rights’ -- “What we see here is the confident totalitarianism of an organization that has been captured by Stonewall and will do anything to keep their Stonewall ranking as high as possible.”
• Gender in Bible Translation: How Fallacies Distort Understanding of the New Testament Gender Passages -- “If one disagrees with this reasoning, the following question must be faced. How far will we go with the principle of conforming to cultural sensitivities for the sake of avoiding offense?”
• Is the Peer Review Process for Scientific Papers Broken? -- “Peer review’s history is of particular interest now because there is an increasing sense in the scientific community that all is not well with the peer review process.”
• Lawyer translates Bible into Doric over 17 years -- “The full Bible has been translated into the north east Scotland dialect of Doric after a man’s 17-year project…The text has been published and he said he was delighted at finishing.”
• One of the Most Overlooked Arguments for the Resurrection -- “The earliest Christians came to believe, against all odds and against all expectations, that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead.”
• Pastor, Aim to Preach Simple Sermons -- “Don’t preach in the language of the congregation you wish you had. Preach in the language of the congregation that God gave you.”
• Ranchland Revival -- “I base my management style on history—on what grew well here in the past.”
• Search continues for missing woman who called 911 to report toddler along I-459 -- “When police arrived, they found Carlee Russell’s car and belongings, but there was no sign of her or a toddler.”
• Sleeping Giants -- “Henry Trost’s handsome and historic hotels remain welcome West Texas oases.”
• Tallapoosa Cane (Arundinaria alabamensis), a new species of temperate bamboo -- “Tallapoosa Cane can be distinguished from the other North American Arundinaria by a combination of vegetative characters including...”
• The Doctrine of the Laying on of Hands Examined and Vindicated -- “This is a pamphlet written by Elder David Jones, of the Church in the Great Valley, Pa., on the occasion of his concern that this doctrine, vital to Welsh Baptists, was being slowly abandoned in the Philadelphia Association.”