Mystical Seeker discusses intercessory prayer<\/a> and alternatives to it<\/a>. Doug Chaplin points to a recent discussion of the Good Friday prayer by Jacob Neusner<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iyov updates us on Free Rice<\/a>, and provides links to quizzes that will test the consistency of our religious beliefs<\/a>. One interesting thing to note as a possible result of the quiz: if you don\u2019t give your concept of God any attributes, it will be perfectly consistent!<\/p>\n Mark Goodacre has articles on the website of the new BBC film The Passion<\/em><\/a>. Ruth Gledhill\u2019s articles<\/a> are a good source for anyone interested in Christianity in the UK.<\/p>\n Deane tells you where to direct people who claim there are no transitional fossils<\/a>. Scot McKnight continues his series on Francis Collins\u2019 book The Language of God<\/a><\/em>. The Panda\u2019s Thumb reports that the Spanish seem to see through the lies and rhetoric of the Intelligent Design movement<\/a> better than many Americans do. John Pieret just gives one great post<\/a> after another, so don\u2019t choose, just go to his blog and read.<\/p>\n Drew discusses loving our neighbors with our minds\/intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n J. L. Hinman outlines his theology<\/a>. Nick Norelli<\/a> dares to disagree with Jim West<\/a> about whether faith needs defending. Andrew notes the irony when modern authors look back at earlier theologians and criticize them<\/a> with their 20\/20 hindsight. Dan covers denominations getting greener<\/a>.<\/p>\n Loren Rosson has an ongoing series on Paul and \u201cfulfilling\u201d the Law<\/a>. The View From Jerusalem has a series on the Qumran caves<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bob Cornwall<\/a> mentions the election of Andre Carson, a Muslim, to Congress. Zack suggests that 43% of white evangelicals in Ohio voted Democrat in the primary<\/a>. Street Prophets<\/a> covers the same piece of news.<\/p>\n Carmen Andres draws attention to the Biblical imagery in a Johnny Cash song used in the season finale of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. This is part of an ongoing series of blog entries about the show. The same Johnny Cash song will also be discussed in a paper at SBL. Mystical Seeker discusses intercessory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4161941474551540966?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")