Stuff about me, if you must know
Bloggage
2005·06·01
Hi, it’s me. My name is Loki Odinsson. Alright, that's not really my name; but let’s pretend it is. I chose that pseudonym as a tribute to my Norwegian heritage. It really is appropriate; not only am I three-fourths Norwegian,...
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Why the Geneva Bible?
Bloggage
2005·06·20
You may have noticed my use of the Geneva Bible and thought to yourself, “What is this nut trying to prove?” Well, I'm trying to irritate both the KJVO and W-H people in one fell swoop. No, not really. Seriously...
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Bloggage · Community
2005·11·29
Life is unpredictable. You never know what will happen next, but you go through life expecting most things to work out. Usually, they do. You get up in the morning, have your coffee, kiss your wife, go about your daily...
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Meet the New Guy
Bloggage
2005·12·01
I am pleased to announce an addition to the staff of The Thirsty Theologian. He has also been an exceedingly unreliable contributor to the Challies Community Blog. He will probably be almost as unreliable here. You may recognize him from...
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Our Staff
Bloggage
2006·01·01
Loki OdinssonSite AdministratorEditor-in-chiefSomelier David KjosModeratorContributing Editor...
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Weekend Contest
Bloggage · Humor?
2006·01·13
The staff of the Thirsty Theologian is taking the weekend off. Tell your own jokes, read your own Bibles (paraphrases and DE translations will be disqualified), and read some Reformation or Puritan literature. Go to church, sing loud, and don't...
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Contest Wrap-up
Bloggage · Humor?
2006·01·20
Last week there was no Saturday Stupidity post. There was also no Lord's Day post, or much else this week. Instead, I challenged you readers to submit jokes in a competition for coveted Thirsty Theologian merchandise....
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Saturday Stupidity Special Edition
Bloggage · Saturday Stupidity
2006·01·21
Last Friday we began a week-long contest. Participants submitted jokes, and the winner was promised a Thirsty Theologian Geneva Mug or Sola Crania Cap. In spite of a small turn-out for the contest, some truly good jokes were presented. Yesterday,...
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New Address
Bloggage
2006·01·25
Welcome to the new home of the Thirsty Theologian. Blogging has been sparse lately, and this is why: Moving the blog - Loki had promised to do most of the work on this move, but he didn't come through and...
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Blogroll Update
Bloggage
2006·03·20
I heartily dislike adding links to the blogroll. Therefore, it is with great displeasure that I have added two blogs today....
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01:02:03 04/05/06
Bloggage
2006·04·05
I have nothing to say. I just wanted to post something at 01:02:03 on 04/05/06 (at least that's when I clicked the "save" button). I won't have this opportunity for another one hundred years, so just in case I'm not...
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Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!
Bloggage · Personal
Where You're From & Where I've Been
Bloggage
2006·04·21
This is kind of cool. Make a map of where you've been worldwide or within the U.S., Canada, or Europe. Here's mine (click map for a larger view). OK, I confess. I haven't been anywhere. These are the countries that...
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Taking a Break
Bloggage
2006·05·12
I'm taking a blogbreak (see post title for proof). I need to catch up on some personal stuff, and this is one thing I don't really need to do. I'll probably still post a few links, but don't look for...
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I'm Not Here
Bloggage
2006·05·15
I said I wasn't blogging, and I'm not; but Ken Fields has written something that deserves more attention than just an link. Married To The Ministry ... When Families Suffer As Casualties Of Neglect is a topic that is very...
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Correction
Bloggage
2006·05·22
Last week I posted a link to an National Post article stating that Iran was looking at passing a law that would require minority religious groups to wear colored patches, much like Jews were required to wear in Nazi Germany....
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Saturday Stupidity: Anniversary Edition
Bloggage · Saturday Stupidity
2006·06·03
One year ago, on June 4, 2005, the first Saturday Stupidity was posted on our old blogspot site (our first post was on May 31). We are celebrating that momentus occasion by retelling that first story here today. Ladies and...
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Why Not, It’s Friday
Bloggage · Community
2006·08·04
Memes – who started this? Well, I’ve been tagged with one. Normally, I would ignore it, but today I am just tickled pink to be noticed by Eminent Canadian Philosopher and Theologian® Daniel that I simply must comply. So here...
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2Corinthians10:4-5 Update
Bloggage
2006·09·25
Saturday, after almost five months of neglect, I updated the 2Corinthians10:4-5 section of the left sidebar. This time, in addition to posting links under the appropriate categories, I posted all of the new links at the top under the clever...
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How's Your English?
Bloggage · Personal
2006·09·26
I stumbled onto this link somewhere, and... well, I don't normally do things like this, but after my eschatology post last week, I thought maybe I should stick with something more on my level. Anyway, it was kind of fun...
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King for a Week!
Bloggage · Community
2006·11·20
What, me, a king? Well, actually, yes. Even before Tim Challies, Pope of Christian Blogdom, crowned me King for a Week, I was predestined to the throne. Consider these facts:...
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An Entirely Self-serving Post
Bloggage · Community
2006·12·01
Matthew Sims, one of the eminent writers at The World from our Window and proprietor of Under Sovereign Grace has offered a collection of John Piper sermons on CD for free. All I have to do is post a link...
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Overthrown!
Bloggage · Community
2006·12·04
Once again I am reminded of my own mortality. I guess I should have expected it, but when my "King for a Week" status stretched out to a fortnight, I suppose I began to settle into the throne a bit...
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This Is Not a Cat Blog
Bloggage · Personal
2006·12·13
Bloggers who have nothing to say write about their cats. At least that is what I have observed. Today I am writing about my cat. Draw your conclusions as you will....
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What Should I Read in 2007?
Bloggage
2007·01·03
Steve Weaver has listed the books he read in 2006 (Shocking discovery: the Bible is not on the list!). Steve’s list got me thinking about my own reading, and the reading plan that I’ve been planning to plan for 2007,...
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Saturday Somnolence
Bloggage · Humor?
2007·01·06
Loki will not be bringing us a Saturday Stupidity post today. I could make excuses for him, such as that he has been very busy while on sabbatical in Iceland working on his Doctoral dissertation (Pickled Herring in Nordic Theology),...
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I'd like to thank my agent...
Bloggage · Community
2007·04·13
How do you accept a commendation for something that you do mostly for your own benefit and really put very little effort into? Yes, that is a poor sentence, but it is how I feel at present. Four times in...
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Crash!
Bloggage
2007·04·17
I'm sitting at my wife's computer, cursing technology--or, rather, my dependence on technology that fails. After six years of mostly faithful service, my computer has crashed. Hopefully, I'll get it fixed fairly soon, but until then, I'll be mostly off-line....
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I'm Back (sort of)
Bloggage
2007·05·03
I've been working for the past 2+ weeks on my wife's computer, which, in technological terms, can best be described as a Girl's Computer®. It serves its function quite well, but it is definitely a weaker vessel compared to my...
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A Frivolous Two-fer
Bloggage · Community · Humor? · Personal
2007·05·09
I’m going to kill two birds with one 12-gauge light target load. First, Jen posted a quote from G.K. Chesterton that highlights a sad literary truth: “The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” Hard to believe,...
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Book Give-away
Bloggage
2007·05·14
In the interest of promoting Christian education, and to expand my practice of promoting other people’s work, I’ve decided to do a periodic book give-away. I haven’t decide how often, but I am tentatively thinking it will be quarterly, or...
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Book Give-away I
Bloggage
2007·05·29
Don't be alarmed. It's just a picture. The actual book I'm giving away is much better. Well, the cover art is not as good, but the content will be much more satisfying. Here is how this will work this time....
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How I Did It: YouTube
Bloggage
2007·06·11
Update: new, improved explanation. I'm no computer tech nerd. My web skills are really quite basic, gained largely through trial & error and by clicking "view page source" on web pages with interesting features. But I'm a fiddler and a...
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I don't do blogspotting . . .
Bloggage · Community
2007·06·22
. . . but I'm blogspotting this guy because he says I should, and because he apparently considers Chevy aficionados to be "misguided." He obviously has the gift of discernment. Also, because it's the weekend and I've got nothing else...
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Book Give-away I Winner
Bloggage
2007·07·02
As promised, the winnerof Iain Muray's Revival & Revivalism: The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism, 1750–1858 was drawn yesterday morning by an entirely impartial set of seven-year-old fingers. The winner is:...
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Book Give-away II
Bloggage
2007·07·31
Is it possible to know for sure that you are saved, that your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, that you will spend eternity with Christ in Heaven? If so, you want to know, don’t you? Yet,...
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The Best and Worst of the Thirsty Theologian
Bloggage · Community
2007·08·13
Jonathan Moorhead has tagged me to identify my worst and best post, a post on which I have changed my mind, and my most-commented-on post. So here they are:...
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What Is the Truth about TTLB?
Bloggage
2007·08·22
This is one of those blog posts about blogging that I rarely read when others post them. Your time would be better spent clicking through....
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Book Give-away II Winners
Bloggage
2007·09·03
How many of you remember entering a book drawing at the beginning of last month? Well, on Sunday, at about 7:30 PM, deep in bowels of the Thirsty Theologian Complex, behind closed doors, amid hushed whispers and anxious nerves, two...
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Funny Spam
Bloggage
2007·10·06
A comment apparently left by the Russian mafia: If you want do delete your site from our spam bases - just email us with domain of your site: abuse-here@inbox.ru thank you! I ain't no fool. I wasn't born yesterday. I...
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Ouch!
Bloggage · Humor?
2007·10·25
I know I'm a sucker for providing free advertising like this, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to pass on this bit of encouragement to my fellow bloggers....
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Slow Blogging
Bloggage
2007·11·07
On the odd chance that anyone has noticed, I have not been posting much in the last couple of weeks. I've been occupied with a few other things, one of which your tired eyes might appreciate. I'm working on a...
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The Thirsty Theologian 2.0 (almost)
Bloggage
2007·12·27
I've been working, little by little, on the new layout that I promised "soon" some time ago. Amateur that I am, I need to launch the home page to get a better idea of what I'm up to. So, if...
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Seven Things
Bloggage · Community · Personal
2008·02·01
Sheepish Brian has tagged me with one of those meme things. I’m supposed to tell you “seven things about myself that you don’t know about me.” Number one would be that I absolutely cannot resist pointing out the lousy structure...
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An Open Letter to an Anonymous Reader
Bloggage · The Gospel
2008·02·18
Dear fdsfds, Sometime after midnight on Sunday, February 17th — or 10:00 PM on Saturday where you are in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon — you ran a Google search for “thirstytheologian.” At 12:43:57, you entered my site, spent 34...
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MIA
Bloggage
2008·02·26
Updated Don't expect to see much action here for a while. I've come down with a nasty bug that isn't quite threatening to kill me, but it's making me wish it would. I won't be posting the next Calvinism article...
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Miscellaneous Blog Notes
Bloggage
2008·04·08
These are just a few bloggy notes. Blogging will probably be as thin as usual this week, and next week there will be none at all*, not even linkage. The reason for this, as you may know, is that I...
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Numbers
Bloggage · Humor?
2008·05·06
Numbers — we all say we don’t care about them, some of us really mean it, but most, I think, can’t resist checking them from time to time. The numbers, we might think, tell us if we are as brilliant,...
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