First, here’s a cartoon from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: Now, let’s note what the cartoon doesn’t show. At the end of the Book of Job, Job receives back double of every type of property he owned. But he only receives the same number of children as he previously had. I suspect that, if anything, this shows that the author of the Book of Job was aware that children are not replaceable – sorry, not a fungible commodity – in the way... Read more
Pete Enns linked to a blog post that makes a point I’ve often made here. If you are going to oppose evolution on the grounds that it embraces naturalism, then by golly you’ve got to really get upset about meteorology. It is secular, fundamentally opposed to Biblical teaching, and on the television 24/7. After summarizing the Biblical teaching on the subject, Heather Goodman writes: Now some might say that storehouses for snow and hail are just some sort of poetic... Read more
This gem came my way on Facebook today. It will be useful to people in Europe today and people in North America next Sunday. Read more
Jeremy Smith wants to make sure that, if you are a nerd who is inclined to be sacrilegious as the Halloween season draws near (or at Easter, for that matter), you at least do it accurately. And so he shared this: Now, in case you are wondering, I don't think that Jesus was a Lich. Or a zombie. Or a ghost. Or any of the other options on the list above. What I do think is that, far from dismissing... Read more
Sunčana polja by Croatian composer Blagoje Bersa. And in case that isn’t enough, here’s the second movement, “Idyll,” from his Tragic Symphony: Read more
On the DLT website there is now another piece by Andrew Crome, co-editor of and contributor to Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith: Religion and Doctor Who, which is due out next week and already selling very well on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Click through to browse the entire Darton, Longman, and Todd online magazine, to read both Andrew’s pieces and see what else is there! Read more
A commenter (whom I can only assume is a troll, since they twice assumed that I might not have seen Star Wars!) suggested that the scene in which Darth Vader force chokes General Motti in Star Wars Episode IV might be inspired by the doubting Thomas story in John 20. And so I thought it deserved to be converted into some images, which I am sharing below. I’m curious which looks most like Jesus is force choking Thomas. But I... Read more
Chris Heard wrote recently about his effort to “gamify” a course he teaches. Here's a snippet: Here’s the elevator pitch: My Religion 101 course, also known as “World of Biblecraft,” functions like a cross between Farmville, Minecraft, and the World of Warcraft, where students earn XP and level up by exploring the Bible.Students enter the World of Biblecraft as first-level Bible readers, called Joiners. As students complete various class-related activities, they earn experience points (XP). As they hit certain XP... Read more
A couple of courses I teach, such as “Religion and Science,” count towards the Science, Technology, and Society program here at Butler University. And so I thought I ought to circulate this job advertisement connected with that program: Instructor Science, Technology and Society Program Butler University announces an Instructor position in its Science, Technology and Society (STS) program, beginning Fall 2014. The position is non-tenure track, with an initial contract of two years, and the possibility of reappointment. Teaching load... Read more
I am grateful to Stephen Carlson for directing my attention to Required Religion on Tumblr, which is gifs depicting the experiences of a religion professor. There are so many I can relate to, such as this one, depicting how a professor feels when students won’t talk: And this one, “How I feel when I find mistakes in the syllabus mid-semester”: But this one (click through) made me laugh out loud. So did this one. And a whole bunch on this... Read more
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