Abram K-J has posted a linguistically rich Biblical studies carnival, which starts off with a quote from Spurgeon explaining why carnivals are necessary. Click through to read it! Read more
Abram K-J has posted a linguistically rich Biblical studies carnival, which starts off with a quote from Spurgeon explaining why carnivals are necessary. Click through to read it! Read more
On Facebook, Kristi Outler Byrd mentioned that she was trying to have read 81 books this year, and that #79, which she had just finished at that point, was my book The Burial of Jesus: What Does History Have to Do with Faith? (published by Patheos Press, and available as an ebook for only $2.99). She also said that she highly recommends the book. When I thanked her for her kind words, and said that I am glad that she... Read more
To welcome you to 2013, I give you “Blink to the Future” – a Doctor Who/Back to the Future mash-up. HT IO9 Read more
Happy New Year to all readers of this blog! (Obviously in saying this, I am simply wishing you happiness, and not trying to impose my calendar on you if you follow a different one, nor am I implying that my calendar is superior to yours.) I hope your year regenerates successfully… Read more
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My recent shared image of “The American Samaritan” and of a fundamentalist version of Proverbs 3:5 were not the first times this year that I rewrote parts of the Bible, whether to poke fun at those who take it to mean something other than it seems to, or to relate it in a more serious manner to something that it seems like it would have addressed, if those ancient texts had been written today. Here are a few other examples:... Read more
This cartoon from David Hayward seems to me to be a good one for the transition to a new year: I like this one better than the previous one that I commented on. It illustrates a number of things, in my view correctly. Choosing a path of openness and exploration vs. pat answers and the security they bring is a choice. It is not a choice between God and atheism or between faith and doubt, but two approaches to life... Read more
I found this on Anglican Memes by way of Reddit. Brilliant!!! Fans of the Church of England are expected to stay up until Midnight on December 31st to witness the regeneration of Doctor Rowan Williams into the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury. Eschewing a Christmas Day Special, the C of E opted for a midnight event on the brink of a New Year for the transition between the 104th Prime Lord and his successor. Controversially, the new Prime Lord of the Church... Read more
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