Do Electronic Powered Cars Save Money and Resources?

Last updated on: January 14, 2010 at 2:21 pm By Scot McKnight

I was notified of this link from a friend…. For eighteen months I’ve been blogging about the energy storage sector and discussing the current and potential markets for batteries and other manufactured energy storage devices. A recurring theme that I’ve discussed many times is the unrecognized but undeniable truth that while plug-in vehicles masquerade as conservation measures at an individual level, they’re incredibly wasteful at a societal level. The conclusion is counter-intuitive and my articles on the subject invariably draw... Read more

Acts and Mission 76

Last updated on: January 14, 2010 at 11:55 am By Scot McKnight

Luke’s narrative was compressed in the previous paragraph because he wants to get Paul to Ephesus. So, Luke takes us now to Ephesus and he begins with Apollos: 18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures. 18:25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. 18:26 He began... Read more

Helping Haiti

Last updated on: January 14, 2010 at 9:51 am By Scot McKnight

One way to help in Haiti is to give to the Haitian people and its healing and its reconstruction by contributing to Haiti Partners. I recently read the memoir of working in Haiti by Kent Annan (Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously ), and he is with Haiti Partners. Read more

Signature in the Cell 3 – More on Historical Questions (RJS)

Last updated on: December 5, 2010 at 6:44 pm By RJS

Stephen C. Meyer has published a (very long, but readable) book, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design, outlining his argument in favor of intelligent design. This book essentially argues that life is very complex, the origin of life is a puzzle, and the information content in DNA cannot be explained by natural means. In his book Meyer takes a chapter to discuss historical reasoning – and the clues to causes. The basic questions are simple... Read more

Souls in Transition 5

Last updated on: January 14, 2010 at 12:02 am By Scot McKnight

So what is the religious life of emerging adults today? What about its affiliations, practices, beliefs and experiences? What Smith and Snell discovered in their fantastic new book: Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults will be of use to all pastors and churches. Frankly, I’m surprised by the lack of comments about this exceptional book. Maybe you are all buying it and reading it! Question: Are these characteristics what you are seeing in emerging adults? This... Read more

Women and Religion

Last updated on: January 13, 2010 at 2:16 pm By Scot McKnight

From Nicholas Kristof, who increasingly uses his pen to speak about injustices: Religions derive their power and popularity in part from the ethical compass they offer. So why do so many faiths help perpetuate something that most of us regard as profoundly unethical: the oppression of women? It is not that warlords in Congo cite Scripture to justify their mass rapes (although the last warlord I met there called himself a pastor and wore a button reading “rebels for Christ”).... Read more

A Thought on Haiti

Last updated on: January 13, 2010 at 1:27 pm By Scot McKnight

Last night I read this from Randy Harris, God Work – Confessions of a Standup Theologian: One of the things we do as Christians is to try to pay attention to what God might be able to do in the world, especially with the broken places in our lives. These aren’t good things. They generally aren’t things God does to us. This Romans passage [chp 8] says God can crawl in the middle of it because he works in... Read more

Acts and Mission 75

Last updated on: January 13, 2010 at 12:40 pm By Scot McKnight

Luke in some ways leaves it to his readers to imagine what Paul was doing when he sets out a string of activities and travels in Acts 18: 18:18 Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow. 18:19 When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there, but he himself went into... Read more

Bible Study Guides

Last updated on: January 13, 2010 at 11:11 am By Scot McKnight

Somewhere in the 1980s two things happened: home Bible studies began to flourish and home Bible studies began to study books other than the Bible. Explanations probably abound, and there is no reason to speculate why this happened or debate the value of book studies (other than the Bible). At one time, small groups opened the Bible to a passage and asked three questions: What does it say? What does it mean? How does it apply? Has your church focused... Read more

What’s Your View?

Last updated on: January 13, 2010 at 9:33 am By Scot McKnight

What’s your take on where contemporary Christians ought to tithe? Is the tithe necessarily for the local church, or could one make a good biblical argument that as long as we tithe to God’s kingdom purposes on earth, we are being obedient followers of Jesus? Read more