Simon Magus tries to buy the Holy Spirit John W. Martens August 28, 2015 This is the twenty-fourth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles.

Philip the Evangelist and Simon Magus John W. Martens August 18, 2015 This is the twenty-third entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles.

“Simon Magus” is a dark and dreamlike fable, “a tale” as its subtitle puts it, “from a vanished world.” Poetic and ambiguous, it manages to be magical in both the beautiful and ...

The Orange County Jewish Film Festival opens Sunday at UC Irvine. The event, co-sponsored by UCI and University Synagogue of Irvine, consists of five screenings through May 9. The schedule ...

Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda, by Megan Basham (Broadside, 352 pages, $32.99). I n chapter 8 of the Acts of the Apostles, we encounter Simon ...