I suppose one’s symbolism is as good as another’s but still, this strikes me as a bit silly. (It is better than what I thought when I read the headline, however, which was that they were standing outside of services and “drying” people off as they left the church.) U.S. […]
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A number of folks have commented on Prof. Hendel’s declaration that he is not renewing his SBL membership. (As always, John Hobbins has an incredibly thoughtful take on matters.) Today SBL members received an email from “SBL” (personified!) and I share it with others below. My thoughts can be summarized […]
That is the title of this Inside Higher Ed article about Christianity Today’s Books & Culture rejected an article questioning the past and future direction of Wheaton College. As someone with an MA from Wheaton I thought I might make various trenchant comments, but I will not. Just a couple […]
What do you think they are discussing? UPDATE: I am leaning towards James’. Any votes? I have to say that in the case the original caption was quite good: Love the work you’ve been doing with the church recently.
I am still testing this plugin and I thought for this test I would put my SBL paper from 2006 where I discussed how I teach the Bible in a secular context. For those interested, the plugin is now working (or tell me if you don’t see the podcast below!) […]
And Jesus and Mohammed know that! Jesus and Mo by “Mohammed Jones” (Warning: the content can be offensive to those so inclined.)
UPDATE: In spite of Joel’s attempts at schmoozing (which usually does work) I have to go with Aaron as our winner! Aaron, send me your info off line and I will send you Nielsen’s commentary on Ruth! Look for a new competition later this week (but I cannot promise prizes. […]
Jim W takes great pains to regularly remind us of the total depravity of humanity (Jim, how about a bit more on repentance and forgiveness to balance things out?) but perhaps we need more practical solutions. Only God can forgive, but we still have some resources available to us.
Tonight I was at a campus function where the guest speaker, seeking to motivate the students, said a remarkable thing. We are the only creatures that God created who are restless, we are the only creatures who have ambition. …It is part of our having been made in the image […]