tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813666673476063327.post990680448292274450..comments2022-11-04T03:31:32.765-07:00Comments on Clerical Musings: Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop CultureMelanchthonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10408836522452429723noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813666673476063327.post-55020794640637968782008-08-15T11:48:00.000-07:002008-08-15T11:48:00.000-07:00For another take on "humanistic Jews/non-Christian...For another take on "humanistic Jews/non-Christians" trying to make sense of biblical faith, check out A.J. Jacobs' (he of Esquire magazine) "Year of Living Biblically." In the 1st 9 mos. he tries to keep all of the OT laws, and in the other 3 mos. he tries to keep all of the NT "laws." As with most well-meaning folk, he confuses law and gospel, and so do the liberal Christian friends he enlists to advise him. But it was a parting gift from a friend at the paper who wanted me to have something to read when I as newly laid off, and so I read it. It has its humorous moments, and it has its frustrating moments for Christians who try to live by grace through faith. It's a breezy, read, too. He had a very longsuffering wife who didn't like not being touched and having to sit on the other side of the room whenever she had her period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com