Via Episcopal Church Memes on Facebook. Read more
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My friend Eldad Keynan shared the above video on YouTube. Eldad is fascinated with a subject that is far too neglected, namely the evidence of Christianity in ancient Galilee. We know from both Jewish and Christian texts that Jewish Christianity had a significant presence in the region in the first few centuries after the time of Jesus. But eventually we lose that strand in the mists of time, as Christianity becomes predominantly Gentile. He has looked for archaeological evidence for Jewish Christianity... Read more
Saw this in a collection of funny church signs. It comes from a congregation in New Hampshire. Read more
Religion features prominently from early on in this episode. It is implicit when Jack and Kate talk about the possibility of rescue, Jack saying he wishes he shared Kate’s faith. But it is explicit as Charlie goes to confession, indicating that he had yielded to sexual temptation, and deciding that he needs to quit the band. But his brother brings “glad tidings” that they have signed a recording contract, and that Charlie is going to be a “rock god.” In... Read more
from XKCD. See also the more recent cartoon on where birds go when it rains. Read more
Fred Clark has a post that explores stories about Jesus and then his followers learning to welcome those they previously sought to exclude. The quote comes from that post. Click through to read it. Read more
Paul Wallace posted about how his view of same-sex relationships began to change when someone he viewed as a mentor responded to his use of proof-texts on the subject by insisting that he was starting in the wrong place. “You must start with the person.” To illustrate that this approach is in fact reflected in the Bible, Wallace considers Deuteronomy 21:23. The early Christians had two options. They could have said (as the author of the Gospel of John depicts Jesus... Read more
This episode starts with an eye – Sun’s. We begin to learn about the backstory of Sun and Jin. And we have the revelation that Sun learned English and almost left Jin right before their flight. We also have the first mention of Jack’s tattoos. This is the episode in which they find the two corpses in the cave, one male and one female, with a pouch with stones, one black and one white. Locke calls them “Our very own... Read more
The answer to the question in the title of the post, as well as the question, come from Tracey Moody. Read more
An evening has been proposed for the bibliobloggers’ gathering in San Diego: Saturday, November 22nd. It can be a long event, to accommodate those who cannot get there until later in the evening, as well as those who would like to have dinner. What time would other bibliobloggers who want to attend like it to start, and are there any suggestions about where to hold it? Although this event has been known for a number of years now as the “Bibliobloggers’... Read more
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