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 […]
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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 […]
Tyler Williams at Codex reports on the Religious Studies Review: Religion and the Internet I just received the latest edition of the Religious Studies Review (Volume 32, number 4, October 2006), which is a special issue on Religion and the Internet edited by Christopher Helland. The volume highlights and evaluates […]
The SBL Book Review email arrived and I was pleasantly surprised to see a review of my book, The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations, by my friend Jan-Wim Wesselius. The review can be found here. It is a very positive and friendly review. I just want to make a couple of […]
A colleague just sent me these. Priceless. Go forth and enjoy! Rowan Atkinson (mr. Bean) Welcome to hell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJA9RPX9mRY Sermon/lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzXJMU1sLc Eddie Izzard: Church of England http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ope-1Zb5t-k
Turns out, according to CT, that the shutdown is related to evangelistic efforts. Weblog: NFL Cracks Down on Church Super Bowl Events (Be sure to read it on their site for all the links. NFL lawyers searching church web sites for copyright infringements Like many churches, Fall Creek Baptist Church […]
Lewis Mystery Solved Did Lewis write “The Dark Tower”? Seems plausible to me (although I have not given it much thought.) According to the CT Article this C.S. Lewis mystery is solved. Heads RalphEd! (Via Christianity Today Magazine.)
This is absolutely ridiculous. I would like to know how this violates copyright (their contention) since it certainly cannot hurt their income which comes from TV rights/commercials and tickets in the stadium, which are sold out. I hope the NFL gets a huge slap for this. The (Super Bowl) party’s […]