Theologian trading cards; the difference between scrapple and polenta; girl power in Nigeria; Clowns vs. White Supremacists, Round 2; Georgia GOP denounces Nicolae Carpathia; links for help after Sandy; and more 10 Commandments follies from Oklehoma. Read more
A Saterday/Sabbeth collection of links, including: Fundamorphosis is liberation; wise words from dUg Pinnick; don't settle for "crumbs" -- get angry; how End Times mania makes us stupid; more awful Christian T-shirts; The Oatmeal on writing for the Web; and a revolution in pigtails. Read more
"Write what you know," the old adage says, and what Jerry Jenkins knows is business travel as a commercial airline passenger. So that's what he gives us here in Nicolae. As a result, his account of World War III ends up being less exciting, and less eventful, than the average story about routine travel through airports. Read more
Even more remarkable than the ancient town's unique fortifications or its "peculiar burial positions and objects found in the graves," of course, is that this settlement was built and occupied by humans centuries before the creation of the universe. And not only did these Neolithic Bulgarians construct huge walls without "the wheel and cart," their community also seems to have survived Noah's flood. Read more
"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: Seducing a virgin. Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours. This week: songs named for other planets -- from Mars, to Venus, to Claire or Chiron Beta Prime. Read more
Chris Hayes says "the sense of persecution and siege that many white Christians feel down to their toes" is driving conservative policy in America. And Michael L. Brown illustrates what Hayes describes with an "Open Letter to Black Evangelicals" that has to be seen to be believed. Read more
Glenn Beck says "God sucks;" people get tax cuts and imagine their taxes went up because it's fun to be angry; Ralph Reed gets paid; Steve Schmidt talks sense; and a plea to declare Florida "an election disaster area." Read more
My sense is that jokes about Jesus were probably already well-established by the time the Alexamenos graffito was scratched into a Roman wall. Read more
"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: Selling your daughter into slavery. Read more
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