The image appeared in a Polish newspaper (HT Reddit) and is clearly worth sharing! I also like this one: Read more
The image appeared in a Polish newspaper (HT Reddit) and is clearly worth sharing! I also like this one: Read more
The pastor of my church asked for input on what to call our church music group. We feel like we ought to have a name for our band. Here were the suggestions that he started out with: Facebook Poll: Help us name our Worship Team at Crooked Creek Baptist. So far the suggestions are (in no order of seriousness): Scruffy Looking Nerf-Herders, Shapeshifting Jesus, Crooked Creed, and Front Row Baptists. Other suggestions are permitted! Which would you pick? What other... Read more
There are several instances of scholars giving talks that have come to my attention in recent days, and they seemed worthy of a round-up. First, Anthony Le Donne shared a video with a talk by David Brakke about Valentinian cosmology: Matthew Montonini shared videos of the famous New Testament scholar Raymond Brown. This is just one of them: Also a video of a scholar, there’s N. T. Wright singing a reworked version of a Beatles song: Read more
Last week was Spring break at Butler University, and so I thought I’d share a spring break photo with you. Here it is: But seriously, my Spring “break” was anything but – neither Spring nor break, unless you count my wife breaking her foot! How was your Spring break? Or is yours still in the future? Or do you not get one? Read more
I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to participate in a blog tour organized by TLC, focused on Candida Moss' book The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom. Moss' book begins with modern perspectives on persecution and martyrdom, including examples which have made international news, and then turns to the question of whether and to what extent the earliest stories of Christian martyrdom, which lie in the background and underpin the view that... Read more
Michael Zimmerman’s latest op-ed piece on the Huffington Post website is about the planned upcoming visit by a representative of Answers in Genesis to the Butler University campus. Read it and you’ll get the analogy in the title of this post. You’ll also learn more about what happened the last time Terry Mortenson came to Butler, since Michael Zimmerman was there on that occasion too. Read more
Having recently addressed a number of points of incompatibility between young-earth creationism and Christianity as most Christians understand it and have understood it down the ages, I was asked if I could address the common young-earth creationist objection that “No one simply reading what the words clearly say would EVER suppose God/Moses were describing a development over millions of years!” The question of who is thought to be doing the describing is relevant. There is no human being who supposedly saw... Read more
HT to Lori Baron for pointing out the above video to me. I decided it was too good to save until May the 4th. Also fun and related to Star Wars is this explanation of March Madness in Star Wars terms (HT SF Signal): Read more
I just saw this image on Facebook: I may have to show it to my classes in the future. When the concept of Messiah first comes up, I ask if anyone knows what it means. Usually there is someone who knows that it means “anointed” or “anointed one.” Then I ask what it means to be anointed. Often there is someone who knows the answer to that question, but not always. It means to be smeared with oil. And so,... Read more
Doctor Who returns at the end of this month. These two videos with preview clips from the upcoming season are really intriguing. Spoilers… HT IO9 and Inter-Galaxy Portal. See also the “50 Great Doctor-ish Moments from 50 Years of Doctor Who” at IO9. Read more
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