Claude Mariottini shares a method of sounding academic – automatically! Polycarp shares a quote from John Calvin about “Moses’ science.” Jonathan Robinson talks about contradictions in the Bible. Chris Heard has shared two lectures on the Deuteronomistic History. Mark Goodacre shares a video of Geza Vermes. Ken Schenck shares some New Testament intersections with extracanonical literature. Rachel Evans talks about being a recovering Bible snob. Markus Cromhout raises some important questions about worship, Christology and monotheism. Art Boulet blogged about... Read more

There’s a video featuring “vocals” by Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye that has been referred to on many blogs I read. I only got around to listening to it today, and it is definitely worth sharing. A “Symphony of Science,” some have called it: Elsewhere in science and religion around the blogosphere: The BioLogos blog Science and the Sacred shared a science-related worship video (the song is “God of Wonders”). Ray Comfort’s edited edition of... Read more

Someone sent me a link to this helpful web page, an annotated version of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Classic Genesis from the Peter Gabriel era was often surreal and often drew on classical mythology, with a result that the plot of various songs and albums can be hard to follow. And so, if you’ve often wondered about “the meaning” of old Genesis songs, you may find this page helpful Read more

The first episode of the remake of the sci-fi series “V” didn’t bother keeping the underlying appearance of the visitors a secret. Presumably they figured that, in a remake, there was no point in delaying what for many was common knowledge. The theme of terrorism seems to be an essential in recent sci-fi: Battlestar Galactica, FlashForward, and now V. The prominence of such features reminds us that science fiction reflects and addresses the time in which it is written, and... Read more

Michael Halcomb shared a link to a new blog, created by a former pastor of his, Tim McNinch. The blog is called Evolutionary Theology, and the expressed aim is to engage in theological reflection from an Evangelical perspective while taking the conclusions of modern biology completely seriously. So far he’s asked whether the Bible could be wrong, and shared a video that parodies Intelligent Design and makes its point powerfully and effectively. Read more

Biblical Archaeology Review has reprinted Morton Smith’s translation of “The Secret Gospel of Mark.” Read more

After I shared the Brick Testament last supper image, Ari discovered that the artist responsible for it included Mary Magdalene in the painting. The truth about the conspiracy to hide the truth about this shocking secret can be found in his latest novel, The Da Vinci Brick. Read more

I received an e-mail this morning about a Brick Testament poster that has been made available for sale on the Brick Testament web site. As a fan of the site, I thought I’d draw your attention to this. Read more

Today Exploring Our Matrix will have its 500,000th visitor. Very soon, the moment will arrive when there will have been half a million hits on this blog. If you notice that the counter hits 500,000 on your visit, please do make yourself known. But let me offer to all readers a heartfelt thanks to you for being part of this blog’s story! Read more

The new version of that classic 80s sci-fi show “V” debuts tonight on ABC. If you never saw the original version, you should probably avoid this “spoiler” at IO9, but if you have even a minimal familiarity with the original series V, you should click through. You’ll get a kick out of it and understand why I put “spoiler” in scare quotes. Read more