I should preface by saying that although Prof. Vermes had formally retired by the time I was doing graduate work at Oxford I had the great honor to attend seminars and sessions with him and to copy edit DJD vol. 26 which he wrote with Philip Alexander. I can only […]
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Philip Jenkins passed this story along. It is worth reading, but best of all is the index card that goes with it. I have taken the liberty of posting it below, but all rights, etc. go to GetReligion.org. Seven sensationalist sins Posted by Mollie SevenDeadlySinsTo the 1,342 readers (give or […]
This just in! LarkNews.com ONTARIO, Calif. – Jack Chick, author of Christian tracts, made a surprise purchase of some of the world’s best-loved comic strips and is spreading the gospel in typical Chick fashion through the Sunday funnies. Garfield, Ziggy, Blondie and a dozen other strips now belong to the […]
The poll is still running (just look to the left of this page), but I wanted to let folks know that the Bible is creeping up as the central item in my intentionally limited selection in the poll. What is central to Christianity? * Belief in the substance of the […]
Ben Myers brings us this great definition of liberal theology from Richard Rorty. In an interview, Richard Rorty has offered a very memorable assessment of liberal theology: “I’m delighted that liberal theologians do their best to do what Pio Nono said shouldn’t be done – try to accommodate Christianity to […]
My daughter was reading one of my old comic books by Rob Suggs so I thought I would look him up online. How about this classic?
NPR: Religion Survey Finds Many Americans Swap Faiths More of what we discussed yesterday. This piece is an interview with Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. One of my questions that I cannot answer since I have not read the report, and will not […]
One of the original Jesus rockers has died. Larry Norman entered into joy early Sunday morning. Norman was a sometimes controversial figure in the world of contemporary Christian music. I remember him best for his “Sweet Sweet Song of Salvation.” Below is an acoustic version, but the rock version is […]
Its not what you do, it is how you do it. Given my post yesterday regarding Ps. 51 and the necessity (or not) of sacrifices, this post from Middlebrow regarding fasting is apropos. Biblical Fasting | The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow As a result, what we have in fasting is a […]
Note that I have intentionally allowed only one answer per vote. If you have to chose just one answer to that question, of the four options, which would it be? (And if you don’t like any of the answers feel free to add your own in the comments section.) [poll=8]