Sunday favorites

Last updated on: October 4, 2012 at 11:32 am By Fred Clark

Jeremiah 22:14-17 -- "Who says, ‘I will build myself a spacious house with large upper rooms’, and who cuts out windows for it, panelling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion. Are you a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? says the Lord. But your eyes and heart are only on your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practising oppression and violence." Read more

‘Patriarchy is about power and control’

Last updated on: October 20, 2012 at 5:57 pm By Fred Clark

Danielle @ From Two to One responds to a "complementarian" straight-up dropping the c-bomb; Cheryl B. Anderson on why Christians need to hear new voices on reproductive justice; Richard Beck on how "You think you're talking about life when we are often talking about sex;" and Caperton on "Safe and legal. And rare." Read more

Saturday salmagundi

Last updated on: October 20, 2012 at 4:24 pm By Fred Clark

It's a photo of a baby elephant, petting a cat. Plus how to harness writer's block, what not to wear for Halloween, sibboleths and shibboleths, and Mark Driscoll. But above all, it's a photo of a baby elephant -- a baby elephant petting a cat. Read more

Nicolas Cage + Left Behind = Awesome

Last updated on: October 20, 2012 at 12:19 pm By Fred Clark

How can something so wrong feel so right? Variety reports "Nicolas Cage in talks to star in 'Left Behind' reboot." Cage might make an appropriately creepy Rayford Steele, but I'd be much happier to see Nicolas as Nicolae. Read more

NRA: Killer pacifists

Last updated on: October 19, 2012 at 4:32 pm By Fred Clark

All the children, everywhere, evaporate instantaneously. The people of Earth come to believe that this was due to "electromagnetism" caused by unused nuclear weapons and so they all decide to dissolve their national governments and appoint a pacifist as global "potentate" to rule over the entire world with absolute power. The authors say this is from the Bible. Read more

Chick-fil-A’s Biblical Family of the Day

Last updated on: October 20, 2012 at 4:39 pm By Fred Clark

"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: David & Abishag. Read more

A poor man’s Shangri-La

Last updated on: October 19, 2012 at 11:03 am By Fred Clark

It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine, you show me yours. This week, a somewhat garbled list of songs about poverty. (I started with songs with "poor" or "poverty" in the title, then the theme kind of got away from me a bit. Some good songs though.) Read more

With a wide open country in my eyes

Last updated on: October 18, 2012 at 4:22 pm By Fred Clark

This post is only as strong as its weakest links. Featuring: What to do with a million forks; an awkward "personnel matter" at Pat Robertson's legal action group; Rep. Scott DesJarlais' seamless garment; Bryan Fischer vs. reality; and a must-read story via Ta-Nehisi Coates. Read more

For evangelicals, racism isn’t a dealbreaker, but feminism is

Last updated on: October 18, 2012 at 1:05 pm By Fred Clark

If you think women today should have more freedom than they had 3,000 years ago, or if you fail to condemn LGBT people with sufficient relish, then your standing as a legitimate evangelical will be formally challenged and your books will be prohibited from sitting on the shelves at LifeWay alongside those of Afro-phobic colonialists like Dinesh D'Souza and slavery apologists like Douglas Wilson. Read more

Chick-fil-A’s Biblical Family of the Day

Last updated on: October 20, 2012 at 4:39 pm By Fred Clark

"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Hosea Read more

Who said, "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity"?