Via Christians Tired of Being Misrepresented on Facebook. It looks like it is clearly from Inherit the Mirth, but I have not tracked down the original source, only a place where greeting cards with the cartoon can be purchased. Read more
Via Christians Tired of Being Misrepresented on Facebook. It looks like it is clearly from Inherit the Mirth, but I have not tracked down the original source, only a place where greeting cards with the cartoon can be purchased. Read more
Biblical Studies Online drew attention to videos which Yale University has made available, from a conference about anti-Judaism in antiquity and its aftermath. Above is the video from the second session, focused on the New Testament. Click through for the rest of them. Read more
The episode starts with Hurley and Libby jogging. Hurley confesses that he kept quite a bit of food from the hatch. He dumps the food, and says he feels free. Then people go running past – to the place where a new supply of food had been dropped. Standing by it, Hurley sees someone and chases him into the jungle. We later learn that the man is someone Hurley knows from his past: Dave. In a flashback, Hurley is talking... Read more
“The ideologue has a singular cast of mind, one that needs bold rules and eschews nuances. Abundant examples exist of those who, devout in proselytising for one belief system, undergo an epiphany, and then reach in sudden disillusionment for a diametrically opposed but equally rigid creed.” Gordon McLauchlan, Great Tales from New Zealand History, (Auckland, David Bateman, 2014), p. 149. Via Gavin Rumney Read more
Anthony Le Donne has responded to my question about possible new names for my blog with a list of ten possibilities. Some of my favorites include: Dinosaurs with Saddles Horus Is Just Alright With Me McGrath’s Gaffes The Epistle of St. James the Nonplussed Click through to read the rest of them. From what I’ve heard thus far, few people think the blog needs to be renamed. But let’s all still have some fun with funny suggestions! Read more
Biblical Studies Online shared videos from a conference about Salomé in reception history. The video above is about Salomé in the New Testament and early Christianity. Click through for the rest of the videos. Read more
I’ve been thinking that the Matrix reference in the name of my blog has become rather dated. And so I’m contemplating changing it. Any suggestions for a new name? Should I just call it “James McGrath’s Blog,” or would something else be better? Silly as well as serious suggestions are welcome. Of course, I could be wrong – some people are still discovering details of interest in the Matrix. Read more
In a flashback, we see Locke planning to propose to Helen. She reads the obituaries and says Anthony Cooper, Locke’s father, has died. They go to the burial. A minister reads from 1 Thessalonians about the resurrection. Locke says he forgives his father. Later, we see Locke working as a home inspector – giving a report to Nadia. There he sees his father in a car, waiting to talk to him, and he says he pretended to kill himself off... Read more
Ken Brown pointed out that the image I shared misattributed the quotation to the wrong work by Origen. I apologize for not having verified every last detail before sharing it. And so, in light of that, and since I wasn’t entirely happy with the use of “man” where “humanity” was meant in the translation used, I decided to just go ahead and make my own version. Read more
Ancient World Online linked to the Jewish National and University Library Digitized Book Repository, which includes a lot of rare items, such as a Latin copy of Josephus’ works from 1486. Read more
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