"Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord." Read more
Skype exorcisms, Kinerisms, enormous (in)significance, money well spent, why TV never graduates, and a second common thread linking Bob Jones University, Bill Gothard and the white supremacists of the National Alliance. Read more
"Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love." Read more
Using a generator is like heating your house with a lawnmower, except a lawnmower isn't quite as loud. Or as dirty. Or as much of a gas-guzzler. And a lawnmower is easier to start. But other than that, it's like heating your house with a lawnmower. Read more
Here's hoping that PECO is under-promising and over-delivering and not the other way around. Plus I revisit a terrific post from Richard Beck from a year ago, just so I can say, "Yes, this. Amen" all over again. Read more
The headline-grabbing aspect of this story comes due to the presence of domesticated camels in lots of biblical stories -- stories that are set long before "the last third of the 10th century BCE." Evidence that there were no such camels in Israel at that time, Tel Aviv University says, is "is direct proof that the [Biblical] text was compiled well after the events it describes." So that's big news -- at least, it's news for anyone who's never read the Bible before, I guess. Read more
We're among the half million or so folks around here without power. The lights (and heat) went out about 4 a.m. Wednesday and PECO says everything should be up and running again by, um, maybe Friday? maybe? Read more
Boys who oppose the ordination of women also oppose health care for women. The least funny man in France. Richard Beck discusses William Stringfellow on "Strategems of the Demonic Powers." Jay Smooth discusses something similar. Tim & Jerry love the new Left Behind movie. And Paul Waldman discusses old white guys who haven't got a clue about how contraception works or who uses it. Read more
A much-publicized "debate" between science advocate Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") and young-Earth creationist Ken Ham is set for this evening. That's only half the debate that needs to happen. Yes, Ham's "scientific creationism" is a wretched counterfeit of real science, so it's good that he's being challenged on the facts of science by someone well-versed in those facts. But Ham's nonsense is even more a wretched counterfeit of Christian theology, and he also needs to be challenged on the facts of theology by someone well-versed in the Bible and in orthodox Christian teaching. Read more
It seems to be a double-standard -- a duplicitous standard. The very same people who insist that "in pain you shall bring forth children" is a sacred duty and a holy obligation for women never, ever suggest the same thing about the toil and sweat of men. Read more
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