I came across this image on a Christian meme Facebook page: It had to get a mention here, since it brings religion and Doctor Who together. But I’m not impressed with what it does at the intersection. If the Doctor were to encounter the historical Jesus, surely he would have been the Galilean exorcist, teacher, and/or Messianic claimant that historians find at the core of the Gospel narratives. Not a figure who speaks more directly with the later Christological claims... Read more
I am ashamed to say that there was a time when I thought that what David Hayward depicts in the above cartoon was indeed what it meant to “preach good news to the poor.” Read more
Someone drew this to my attention on Facebook: Presumably the answer is this: If I were Jim Caviezel and got a call from my agent, of course I would answer! “Person of Interest” can't last forever. Read more
This quotation, often attributed to Karl Barth, came across my feed on Facebook this morning: “I take the Bible too seriously to read it literally.” Whenever I try to trace a quotation to its source, especially if the source is famous, and what I find are pages and pages of just the quote with no actual source for it ever appearing, I get suspicious. That is what happened in this case. I did find a Facebook page where someone said... Read more
I had a request for a lead sheet to the song “Creed” which I recorded and shared recently, and so I thought I would share it here, as well as a lead sheet for the song “Reality (In You I Live)” which I shared here earlier and which we debuted in my church on Easter morning. And so, for your convenience, here are the links: Creed – lead sheet Reality (In You I Live) – lead sheet In both cases... Read more
Today's Non Sequitur is on a Biblical theme once again. It is rather silly, but then so too are those who make assumptions about the historicity of the Exodus story without knowing where the ancient Egyptian toll roads in the region were. Read more
Westboro Baptist Church announced its plan to picket the funerals of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. Anonymous responded by taking over the Westboro Baptist Church Facebook page, where they have been posting things like this: News at the intersection of Christianity and Star Trek: The Next Generation always deserves a mention here. UPDATE: Apparently Anonymous has long held the Westboro Baptist Church Facebook page, in an example of “brandjacking.” Well played on their part! Read more
Another e-mail I received, this one from WhoNA: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Peter Davison at Who North America and GenCon (August 15-18, 2013) FROM THE OFFICIAL GENCON ANNOUNCEMENT: Gen Con Announces First 2013 Media Guest of Honor Fifth Doctor from Doctor Who Classic Series to Attend SEATTLE (April 16, 2013) – Gen Con LLC has announced that Peter Davison, best known as the Fifth Doctor of the famed Doctor Who Classic series, will attend Gen Con Indy 2013 as its first named... Read more
I received this e-mail and wanted to share it with readers: Dear friends of BioLogos, I’m writing to ask your help. BioLogos is seeking someone to join our team as a content developer and editor at our offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here’s the position description: We are searching for a qualified candidate to develop high-quality resources—both general and scholarly—to move the science and faith discussion forward. This person will be responsible for recruiting, curating, and editing content to be... Read more
David Hayward’s cartoon could be about the Book of Job or the recent act by terrorists in Boston. Indeed, we could plot both on the graph. Does correlation indicate causation in this case? Certainly, if more intense suffering is a problem for a monotheistic worldview and so brings out more inane theological utterances, those utterances themselves sometimes make the suffering worse than it would have been without them. Read more
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