When we have one available, we post book reviews on Saturday Afternoon. This review is by Keith Clark. If you’d like to submit a review to us, speak up… Few texts are as pertinent as Exodus to the socio-cultural situation of many American Christians (of which I am one) these days. If, in fact, part of the goal of narrative as a genre is to draw readers into the story, Exodus poses significant challenges for readers like me. Unfamiliar geographical... Read more
At the Washingon Post, a controversy is brewing over government disinvitation of Franklin Graham. Here is the discussion set of questions: What do you think? National day of prayer and controversy Did the Pentagon do the right thing by disinviting evangelist Franklin Graham from a National Day of Prayer event next week? Should government officials decide who can or cannot speak at such an event? Should the government even proclaim a National Day of Prayer? Was a federal judge right... Read more
Out of Arizona, from Clarence Dupnik, we’ve got a new word: “fornickaboobery.” It describes the new immigration law — and he doesn’t like it. It occurred through fornickaboobery. What in the world does it mean? What do you think he means? Read more
This picture of two star clusters is awesome. Kris and I will be in Ireland this June, and here’s a brochure for our event in Dublin. We are really looking forward to this opportunity to speak in Ireland. Anyone know about the move to ban the burqa in Belgium? At Patheos: an interview with an embedded journalist. I’m all for this: 20/30somethings for the church! Who does God say God is? What does the Bible say about hell? Good reminder... Read more
As we look ahead to the summer … I have several books on my desk, and plan to post on them over the next few months. If you have particular interests you may wish to get a hold of one or more. Suggestions for other books are welcome as well – use the comment section below, or send me an e-mail (rjs4mail[at]att.net). Elaine Howard Ecklund, Science vs Religion: What Scientists Really Think. John F. Haught, Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin,... Read more
I have never learned how to do PowerPoint. Not sure what you think of PowerPoint, but here’s the number one reason why not to use PowerPoint (click on it to make it larger). NYTimes has this article, from which location this image comes… What are you reasons? What are the basic guidelines for using PowerPoint? What is the biggest thing to avoid? Read more
This book is now getting to the nittty gritty of a genuine 4th Way proposal: James Davison Hunter, in his new book, (To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World ), makes a proposal and I would call it a quietistic form of anabaptism or a quietism. He is against activism in the use of political power. He is for an activism at the ecclesial and personal level. How would you “label”... Read more
Kris and I will be in Ireland — both Dublin and Belfast — this June. I’ll be speaking at Irish Bible Institute in Dublin and doing their 2010 Summer Institute. Here’s the official brochure. Read more
Psalms 9–10, which we are examining together, weave in and out of personal request and reflection on God’s faithful, if at God’s own timing, ways in this world. Seemingly out of the blue the psalmist, in 9:13 to a request: David has committed himself to praising God; he has pondered the faithful ways of God; he nows calls God to act faithfully again, this time for him, and again he will be telling of God’s faithfulness when God does so... Read more
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