HT to Ben Witherington: Alistair McGrath’s Critique of Dawkins “The God Delusion” Alistair McGrath is a remarkable person. He has PhDs in Theology and also in Molecular Bio-Physics. He is currently a Professor of public science at Oxford. In this lecture he is critiquing his fellow Oxfordian Richard Dawkins Here […]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Things that make you go “hmmmm.” I have to say that I am not close enough to K-12 in PA yet to know the details of teacher unions, but I can say that in NOLA they were not very helpful at improving the schools. Jobs Blasts Teachers Unions Filed under: […]
UPDATE: The raised over $5.2M! THON is still going strong as I write this on Saturday night. I spent a few hours today walking around the BJC interviewing participants and supporters. Give a listen to the podcast through iTunes here. Or use the link below. This is an amazing event […]
I loved Bridge to Terabithia when I read it in elementary school, but I never want to read it again. If you don’t know the ending, I won’t spoil it for you, but I cried, oh man did I cry. That isn’t exactly going to endear a boy to other […]
UPDATE: Ben Witherington has a review on his blog. He loved it! So I am looking forward to seeing it when it comes out. (And wondering how BW gets to see these earlier than the rest of us.) BW also adds some nice historical information. Once bit: What one needs […]
I am delayed in posting this. A great man has passed. Well done, good and faithful servant. Novum Testamentum Blog » Bruce Metzger’s Passing The esteemed New Testament scholar, Bruce Manning Metzger, passed away yesterday. Metzger, who was born in 1914, has contributed significantly to NT studies and textual criticism […]
From my SHC blog. Leadership. Being a Scholar is more than just good grades. At Penn State anyone who has a high enough GPA and class ranking can graduate with highest distinction, but a Schreyer Scholar is a student who not only succeeds academically but also engages the world around […]
Two weeks ago a very kind review of my book came out in RBL and I commented on it at the time. I also pointed out another review that I mentioned here. Earlier last year another review was printed in the Journal for the Study of Judaism, XXXVII, 1 by […]
I have not heard of this book before, but I do listen/read Merlin Mann (very funny guy with useful info). From his site: Blogs: Watching passionate thoughts evolve (in public) The Blogging Church by Brian Bailey A few months back, Brian Bailey asked me to contribute a short essay for […]