There were a few gems shared recently on blogs I sometimes read. re vis.e re form shared this: And Crossroads: Where Faith and Inquiry Meet shared one of many of the UK’s most famous Wayside Pulpit signs. I’ve made this attempt at humor myself, without remembering when and where I first came across it…  and [...]

A copy of the latest book by James D. G. Dunn, Did The First Christians Worship Jesus?, arrived in the mail today. I ordered it from the UK. I’m eagely looking forward to reading it – and not only because the index indicates there’s substantial interaction with The Only True God.

Several articles and blog posts have popped up in the past day or so about Jesus and history. These two links seemed particularly worth sharing… Biblical Archaeology Review is offering a number of articles by a variety of scholars and authors, under the heading 24 Hours That Changed The World. Brian Bethune writes an article for Macleans about what historians can and [...]

It is interesting that, on a day that my Religion and Sci-Fi class was talking about robot rights, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster posted photos from a protest demanding equal rights for gay robots: With rights come responsibilities, and so here is a link to a blog post from 2007, about the first [...]

I had a wonderful time in New York City. In addition to enjoying having the opportunity to teach on Acts as well as compare Lukan and Johannine Christologies, and to meet with GTS students and faculty, it was nice simply to be back in New York. Yesterday morning I had breakfast at a wonderful little [...]