Very amusing. HT to SCMProfessor. Via Discovery Blog: Atheism: Bringing the Sexy Back It would be amusing to just have a contest asking people to guess what the vertical axis on this chart is supposed to represent. The answer is, “reply rate to first-contact messages on an online dating site, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
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NB! Word to the wise! @drjimwest is NOT the real, biblioblogging Dr. Jim West! (So the man himself just told me.) Twittering, apparently. @drjimwest is now on twitter. On the way into work today I also saw a porcine pirouette in the sky. What is next for Dr. Jim? Editing a […]
My previous post generated a series of hearty responses from Alan Lenzi (whom I am sorry to see will no longer be blogging). He has a number of good points which I do not have the time or desire to address individually, it has been a very busy week with […]
Such a thing does exist, as many of you know, but the discussion in my previous post makes me wonder about those who claim to do theology without affirming the faith of the tradition that they study. Why bother? Please don’t get me wrong, I firmly believe that one can, […]
I have just now seen that Alan Lenzi has called me out for avoiding “the M word” (HT to Simon Holloway) To quote him in full, since it is a short note: If you can’t use the m-word for Genesis 1-2, then you’ve unduly privileged the Bible. It’s simply not […]
This is a chain blog post (a forward of a forward) but it is too good not to share. Book titles, if they were written today A great idea…this one in my favorite: Then: The Gospel of Matthew Now: 40 Days and a Mule: How One Man Quit His Job […]
As I (finally) begin to write about the character and nature of God as found in Genesis 1 I realize that I have written extensively about this topic in a slightly different context. “Characters of God” was a post from two and a half years ago and is a first […]
This came in the email as a reminder and boy did I need it! The deadline is TODAY! I am going to guess that since it was just sent out again we may have some leeway, but please submit them soon! International Organization for Targum Studies Sixth Meeting HELSINKI, FINLAND […]
Merlin Mann, yes that apparently is his real name, has posted a nice list of things that make a good blog. I think I hit a majority of these…when I am blogging. What Makes for a Good Blog?