Someone drew this image to my attention on Facebook: It led me to ask why there are millions of Christians who are so poorly informed about basic science, that they think that evolution is about our having evolved from modern-day monkeys. Why are there millions of Christians who are happy to take an adamant stance about a subject that they should have flunked in high school if they gave these sorts of erroneous answers, and to think themselves smarter than... Read more
Is the joke in poor taste, or is it the story that is the problem? Read more
Thanks to Stewart James Delker for updating the image above from the one I shared last year. And thank you to Leigh Ann Hildebrandt for the infographic below which tells you everything you might want to know and more about the superb owl. Read more
These two quotes both came my way on Facebook. Both have been well known. I wonder what new and interesting things will come out of the new Carl Sagan archive that was recently made public by the Library of Congress. Read more
Zack Hunt, after quoting Isaiah, writes: This is what, or rather who, we should be defending. The orphan. The widow. The oppressed. The least of these right outside our door. But like the Israel of Isaiah’s day, we suffer from an idolatry of faith that values theology and tradition more than people. We’re plagued by an idolatrous obsession over ideas that’s driven by a unquenchable need for control, a paranoid fear of the other, intense personal insecurity, and a pathological... Read more
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Brian Renshaw has posted the latest Biblical Studies Carnival. The latest Hebrews carnival is also up. Read more
Run to You by Pentatonix Verse 1 A light in the room It was you who was standing there Tried, it was true As your glance met my stare But your heart drifted off Like the land split by sea I tried to go, to follow To kneel down at your feet Chorus I'll run, I'll run, I'll run, run to you I'll run, I'll run, I'll run, run to you Verse 2 I've been settling scores I've been fighting... Read more
Last Sunday in my Sunday school class, the topic that came up here on the blog recently also came up there: the difference between trusting in divine grace, and trusting in one's understanding of divine grace. One can apply the same point to the creeds. There is a difference between believing in God, and believing a creed, even if the creed begins with “I believe in God.” Hence the title of the post. For some, it is not enough to... Read more
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