The latest Dharma Special Access video has been posted. They tend to be up only a short while and then disappear again, so LOST fans will want to hurry over there and find out what they have to say about Christian Shepherd’s white shoes (and whether inside them he has four toes on each foot). Read more

Above I offer my understanding of inerrancy’s circular logic in poster form. I apologize if my statements about “literalism” and “inerrancy” are not couched in the language of friendly dialogue that I usually strive for. But the truth is that supporters of these viewpoints bully other Christians, and make them feel as though they are being unfaithful to God, the Bible and the Church by questioning them. I know this from experience – including being on the bullying side in... Read more

I’ve created pages for two of my favorite composers on Facebook, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Kurt Magnus Atterberg. If there are fans of Geirr Tveitt numbering in the double digits, and even another fan of Gunnar de Frumerie, I figure I should add these two into the mix. For those looking for an introduction, you can get exposed to Korngold via YouTube: And there’s a sampling of Atterberg (his Symphony No.8) on there too: And on YouTube there’s still more... Read more

Some people are fans of a band, while others, when they say they like the band, know only its greatest hits, the songs that make it onto the radio and onto compilation CDs. Those who say they like all of a band’s songs, like those who claim that the Bible is inerrant in every detail, only know the songs/passages that made the top 40 countdown. There are lots of ways of being a “true Genesis fan” (the band, not the... Read more

Here’s a video of my son and I performing O Holy Night on Christmas eve: Read more

If you’ve never watched LOST, here’s a video that will fill you in on what’s happened thus far. Maybe you’ll be hooked and want to start watching in Season 5 (and rent or borrow the earlier seasons on DVD or watch them online): And here’s the latest webisode of Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy: http://www.hulu.com/embed/L98Ik7KYKQNrV5O1Qh5TBA You can apparently only watch the latest (2008) Doctor Who Christmas special online at the BBC website if you are in the UK.... Read more

Today in my Sunday School class, in which we’re currently surveying the Gospels as part of the “Jesus” topic of the “When Christians Disagree” series, we reached Luke’s two-volume work. Luke’s Gospel differs in lots of interesting ways from the others, but its Christology is particularly interesting, since Luke is usually dated to the late first century (it vies with the Gospel of John for last place in the order in which the Gospel are thought to have been written),... Read more

Albert Mohler (HT Shuck and Jive) posted the following in a recent blog entry: “Can a true Christian deny the virgin birth? The answer to that question must be a decisive No. Those who deny the virgin birth reject the authority of Scripture, deny the supernatural birth of the Savior, undermine the very foundations of the Gospel, and have no way of explaining the deity of Christ.” This is wrong on so many levels. First, it assumes that Scripture speaks... Read more

My quest for the historical NT Wrong began on a whim, after being surprised how often the subject of NT Wrong’s identity came up in conversation with other bibliobloggers. I decided to take some of the extremely implausible theories I’d had fun concocting in my mind and share them with a wider audience. I ignored the very obvious possibility that NT Wrong is a pseudonym for someone who does not already have another blog. It was more fun that way.... Read more