2012-03-05T10:27:21-05:00

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Here are some links to more blogging and reporting about the Talpiot tombs since my last round-up: James Tabor posted about the “fish” image, in response to earlier comments and criticisms. He still views it as most likely a fish, spitting Jonah out downward. Tabor also updated his Bible and Interpretation article, and shared a post by Simcha Jacobovici on his blog. Bob Cargill offered some questions about discrepancies between images of the ossuary and the fish/amphora. One answer offered... Read more

2012-03-05T00:04:59-05:00

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The science fiction site IO9 posted some photos altered by a Russian artist to depict post-apocalyptic scenes. Several of them are very striking. This one, however, particularly caught my attention: I suspect that churches that remained standing after an apocalypse would take on new or renewed significance – not necessarily in a manner that was typical of what went on their previously. That is, after all, something of what we see going on at this very moment in Indiana and... Read more

2012-03-04T23:03:18-05:00

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A young violinist some of you will recognize here performs Allegro by Joseph-Hector Fiocco (from Suzuki Book 6) at the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra recital at Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis on March 4th, 2012. Read more

2012-03-04T20:44:07-05:00

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I avoided using the technical term for the viewpoint I am discussing here in the title. Those who’ve studied theology will know that the sort of view of the end times reflected in the Left Behind series and other such books is premillennial dispensationalism. But since most premillennial dispensationalists don’t know that they are premillennial dispensationalists, I thought I had better use terminology that might be more familiar. Today in the Sunday school class I teach, we finished our study... Read more

2012-03-03T17:20:50-05:00

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Fred Clark shared an image from the movie Left Behind II: Tribulation Force, a movie that he has been blogging about (and highlighting the problems and the shortcomings of). I share it because it illustrates well a problem with the approach to the Bible reflected in the Left Behind series and the view of the “end times” assumed in it. Here’s the photo. Can you see what they did to make the “Hebrew” part of it? You probably have worked... Read more

2012-03-03T16:49:02-05:00

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2012-03-03T11:42:28-05:00

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Hemant Mehta shared this cartoon about the year after the “Year of the Bible” in Pennsylvania: Reading the Bible can indeed lead to people losing their faith, if their faith was placed in the Bible, which they believed to be inerrant. But that is only a natural (or perhaps nearly inevitable) outcome if one has accepted the aforementioned view of the Bible, and placed one’s faith in the Bible, allowing it to become the foundation for one’s faith, despite the... Read more

2012-03-03T08:03:47-05:00

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The classic episode from the Patrick Troughton era, “The Abominable Snowmen,” is almost entirely lost. It is a pity, as it is an engaging episode with a convincing story and interesting exploration of religion. Doctor Who has had a longstanding affection for Buddhism, but in some respects “The Abominable Snowmen” offers a more explicitly positive presentation of the religion than even “Kinda” and “Snakedance.” The episode witnesses the Doctor and his companions Jamie and Victoria arriving in Tibet. The Doctor... Read more

2012-03-02T20:02:45-05:00

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There’s quite a kerfuffle over a tweet by Miley Cyrus which was an image of Lawrence Krauss together with an inexact quotation of something he said. Here’s a picture of the tweet: While it is not surprising that some Christians balked at the words “forget Jesus,” the suggestion that the sentiment in the post is one that only an atheist could appreciate is mistaken. I was very impressed with Miley’s stance on marriage equality a while back. I’m now also... Read more

2012-03-02T15:32:18-05:00

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The next four parts of the episode “The Trial of a Time Lord” are known by the subtitle “Mindwarp.” This segment is powerful inasmuch as it makes us really wonder about the Doctor’s sanity and stability, and later, about Peri’s fate. Having coped with the Doctor’s instability early in the Sixth Doctor’s tenure, and finally begun to relax as the Doctor settled into a somewhat abrasive but highly authentic version of himself reminiscent of the First Doctor, it was somewhat... Read more

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