by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 31, 2022 | Activism (Petitions and Such), Book (& Other) Reviews, DMH Personal News, English Usage, In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Welcome to the latest edition of the series formerly known as “prompted letters,” which chronicles my off-site correspondence with all and sundry. As will be noted in the Pious Eye “About” page when I get around to updating it, all posts on...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 21, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary
As it happens, my Reddit post was “removed [by a Reddit moderator] as it violate[d] Reddit‘s content policy with respect to personal and identifying information.” Since I am philosophically opposed to anonymous Internet posting (If you’re not...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 20, 2016 | Brief Notices, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) posted a comment to Reddit’s DebateReligion subreddit arguing that faith is not based on experience, evidence, or arguments, but that, rather, trust in the faculties that allow experience, evidence, and arguments depends on faith. To...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Feb 2, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews
Kinley, Jeff, with Raymond Damadian. Gifted Mind: The Dr. Raymond Damadian Story, Inventor of the MRI. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2015. Hard cover. Pp. 240. ISBN 978-0-89051-803-8. Certain aspects of Jeff Kinley and Raymond Damadian’s Gifted Mind: The Dr....
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 1, 2015 | Random Commentary
Clarey, Tim, Ph.D. Dinosaurs: Marvels of God’s Design. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2015. Hardcover, 192 pages. ISBN 978-0-89051-904-2. Bible believers, who accept Scripture’s ultimate authority in all matters on which it speaks, are appropriately...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 16, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews
Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Richard D. Patterson. For the Love of God’s Word: An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2015. Hard cover, 444 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-4336-7. Late in For Love of God’s Word (hereafter,...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 17, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Montgomery, John Warwick. History, Law and Christianity. Corona, CA: NRP Books, 2014 (prior edition copyrights were 1964, 1991, and 2002). Paperback. 102+xv pages. ISBN 978-1-945500-01-5. While my philosophical and theological commitment are not...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 24, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Keathley, Kenneth D., and Mark F. Rooker. 40 Questions about Creation and Evolution. 40 Questions, series ed. Benjamin L. Merkle. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2014. Paperback, 430 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-2941-5.Introduction: General Overview and AssessmentIn this...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 8, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Sullivan, Ann C. Permission to Doubt: One Woman’s Journey into a Thinking Faith. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2014. Paperback. 173 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-4366-4.Ann Sullivan’s Permission to Doubt might best be described as a personal memoir, reflection, and...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 24, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Wallace, John B. Starting at the Finish Line: The Gospel of Grace for Mormons. Pomona House Publishing, LLC: 2014. 202+X pages. ISBN 978-0-9914622-0-9.IntroductionThis book has many positive qualities. The author’s sincere faith and desire to see Mormons saved...