2012-08-02T22:32:37-04:00

Eric Reitan has a post on “That Chick-fil-A Business” and it is insightful and relevant to a much broader range of issues. Here is my favorite part: [T]here’s a deep disconnect between the motives of many conservative Christians and the character of their actions–a disconnect created, more often than not, by an allegiance to an untenable theory about the Bible, a theory about how the Bible’s words are connected to divine self-disclosure, a theory that, as I see it, cannot stand up to any... Read more

2012-08-02T20:23:56-04:00

I was going to call this post “Ooh, what does this button do?” (a la Dexter’s Lab) but thought that perhaps not everyone would read it who needs to. Those who asked about subscribing to and unsubscribing from receiving comments, here is something to try. There is a button at the bottom of each post that looks like this: See that tab with options on the right side of it?   Click it and you will see options for subscribing and unsubscribing... Read more

2012-08-02T19:00:14-04:00

A Facebook friend shared this song, dedicating it to those LGBT people who have recently been on the receiving end of bigotry from Christians. As the video features a singer-songwriter who (as far as I know) does not have a recording contract, that seemed to me all the more reason to share this with a wider audience on my blog. You never know what might help something go viral. The lyrics follow the video. I am not brave like you... Read more

2012-08-02T13:59:54-04:00

A lot of people have brought up “freedom of speech” and related phrases in discussion of the current expressions of support for and protest against Chick-fil-A and its CEO Dan Cathy. But freedom of speech is only the issue at one very specific point in the controversy. No one should be denying the free speech of either Dan Cathy to say what he thinks about homosexuality or what he mistakenly considers to be the “Biblical definition of marriage.” Nor should anyone... Read more

2012-08-02T11:20:20-04:00

I’ll be blogging my way through a review of the features of BibleWorks 9 for PC very soon. Until then, let me show you something that is coming soon: BibleWorks 9 for Tablet PC! Read more

2012-08-02T09:19:18-04:00

Here is the trailer for the next season of Doctor Who (series 7 if one is just counting the newer ones), which was just released today: Read more

2012-08-01T20:26:10-04:00

A friend on Facebook shared this image, and I asked if I could share it here to see what others make of it. Thoughts? Read more

2012-08-01T12:55:40-04:00

Head over to Phil Long’s blog Reading Acts to find this past month’s Biblical Studies Carnival! Read more

2012-08-01T09:42:15-04:00

On Facebook I came across this funny depiction of what the first Christians had to resort to holding up at sporting events, before they had written texts they could reference: “Me 3:16” – Nice one, John! 🙂 But as someone involved in teaching Biblical studies, I also thought this was a nice reminder of a serious point, namely the fact that Christianity does not depend on, nor is it founded on, the New Testament, but vice versa: The New Testament... Read more

2012-07-31T22:57:58-04:00

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