Two more good episodes tonight on the History Channel at 8 eastern. One about Mary, one about Caiaphas and the events leading up to the demise of Jesus. Here’s a clip to whet your appetite…. BW3 Read more
Two more good episodes tonight on the History Channel at 8 eastern. One about Mary, one about Caiaphas and the events leading up to the demise of Jesus. Here’s a clip to whet your appetite…. BW3 Read more
Of the great British crime/thriller/detective novelists of the last half century, all of them save one are women (e.g. Ellis Peters=Edith Pargeter, Agatha Christie, P.D. James). The one is Edinburgh’s own Ian Rankin. There have been 20 some novels, and now there is a play which has been touring the U.K. since 2018— Long Shadows. Rankin wrote the story, then it was adapted for the stage, turned into a screenplay by Rona Munro. It has now appeared as a book... Read more
One of the phrases being bandied about by Progressive United Methodists, especially in the wake of the outcome of the specially called General Conference session last month, which they trot out to scold traditionalists with is— ‘When are you going to learn the lesson about not being on the wrong side of history?’ with lurid and frankly inappropriate analogies drawn with the issue of slavery etc. Of course, with even a minute’s deep reflection this whole rhetorical question proves to... Read more
Here’s a helpful post by Larry Hurtado. See what you think. BW3 Wasserman on an “Alexandrian Recension” of the Gospels by larryhurtado Included in a set of papers given at a NT textual criticism conference held in Birmingham (UK) is an essay by Tommy Wasserman that merits attention of all interested in the question of what the earliest manuscript evidence tells us about the textual transmission of the Gospels in the second century: “Was There an Alexandrian Recension of the... Read more
A discussion about the New Perspective on Paul. https://vimeo.com/318782568/88c8c7d4f2 Read more
Here’s a nice post by my friend and colleague Scot McKnight…… Actor James Faulkner, who starred in one of the most successful faith-based movies of 2018, has opened up about being filled with the Holy Spirit during filming. “Paul, Apostle of Christ,” which was released in March of last year, took $23 million at the box office, far exceeding commercial expectations. Faulkner, who played the Apostle Paul, starred alongside Jim Caviziel, who famously portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 epic,... Read more
I apologize in advance for the occasional vulgarity in this video, but it’s too good an expose on phony psychics to pass on. Notice that most of these mediums are women— perhaps they should be called psy-chicks…. (just kidding). Read more
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