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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006BAR has an article up … A Second Look at the “Alexander Son of Simon” Ossuary: Did It Hold Father and Son? …
This late Second Temple period burial chest bears the inscription “Alexander (son) of Simon,” an exact parallel to the individuals named in the New Testament, in Mark 15:21: Simon of Cyrene, the […]
Witherington on Matthew Part 4
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006While I very much respect my fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson, I can’t help but approve of this tid bit from Witherington on the “Golden Rule” from his Matthew commentary …
Jesus’ maxims assume the eschatological context and situation. Later attempts, such as that of Thomas Jefferson, to extract and excerpt them and apply them outside of […]
Huratdo: The Staurogram In Early Christian Manuscripts
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006While looking up a little information on Larry Hurtado’s upcoming book The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins I came across what seems to be an essay by Huratdo entitled The Staurogram In Early Christian Manuscripts: The Earliest Visual Reference To The Crucified Jesus? from New Testament Manuscripts: Their Texts And Their World — […]
BBC: “Miracles of Jesus series”
Friday, August 4th, 2006While looking for some info on an upcoming Miracles of Jesus series on the BBC I ran across a cool blog that I had somehow missed: Bible Films Blog.
They have a nice breakdown on the upcoming series — oh how I wish I had the BBC here in the States!
Is Qana in Lebanon, Cana of Galilee?
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006I was reading a little bit of an article today about the town of Qana in Lebanon — which have been the recent recipients of a bombing campaign by Israel. I soon lost interest in the article since it was so biased against Israel — but I was stuck by the first sentence.
It is said […]
Witherington on Matthew Part 1
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006I’ve decided I’m going to blog in response to and on reflection of Ben Witherington’s new Matthew commentary. It isn’t an overly technical or critical of a commentary therefore I think both reading it, and reading my thoughts will be insightful to more then just ‘scholars’ or pseudo-scholars like myself.
I’m hoping the blogging of my […]
BBC News: Is the new Superman meant to be Jesus?
Friday, July 28th, 2006The BBC News website has an interesting article asking “Is the new Superman meant to be Jesus?”
Is the Superman Returns movie meant to remind us of the Bible? And if so, is it blasphemy?
I’m not sure how it is blasphemy unless the Narnia series is as well …
An all-powerful father sends his son to Earth […]
Kenneth Starr and the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” Sign
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006Okay, this is pretty funny …
Kenneth Starr, the former Whitewater special prosecutor, will represent the city school board in appealing a court ruling that favored a high school student who displayed a “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” banner during an Olympic torch relay.
The school board wants the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case. In April, […]
People are Hungry for [Wrong] Information
Thursday, April 6th, 2006NPR had a short segment on the increased interest in religion, specifically the history of Christianity driven by the success of the Da Vinci Code. They talked about the book, counter-books, related history and items like the Gospel of Judas (for which I’d recommend you read Rick Mansfield’s comments — suffice to say […]
Risky Art of Squaring Science with Religion
Thursday, April 6th, 2006The LiveScience Blog has a post today titled “The Risky Art of Squaring Science with Religion.”
I think a better way to phrase that would be “The Risky Art of Squaring Naturalism with Religion” that is much more accurate. God transcends Nature; miracles violate Nature that’s what makes them miraculous. Squaring Religion with science […]
Journal of Paleolimnology: Did Jesus walk on ice?
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006Doron Nof, Ian McKeague and Nathan Paldor have published an article in the Journal of Paleolimnology in which they posit that patches of ice have (possibly in the time of Jesus) and can (however, not in modern times due to climate changes) form in Sea of Galilee, patches they suggest might account for the story […]
Some D* V***i C**e Stuff on MSNBC
Monday, April 3rd, 2006The book and up comming movie has become such anathema to some Christians that I now feel compelled to censure the title itself, but I trust you know what I’m talking about. In case you might have missed it, MSNBC is devoting a whole section to The D* V***i C**e /Holy Blood, Holy Grail […]
Crucifixion Medical Study Followup
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006Matthew Maslen, one of the authors a study called “Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion” commented on my earlier post about the study. After re-reading my comments I realize I came off a bit hard on his cohort Dr. Mitchell — when really my annoyance was mostly centered on the press […]
Jesus’ Large Crowds
Monday, March 20th, 2006Here’s a part of a post I was reading over at STR …
Bigger Is Better. That’s a quintessentially American motto. I’m not sure it suits the church.
In the age of the mega-church, it seems that it’s taken for granted that success is marked by the size of the congregation. Yet, Jesus would have […]
Mohammad Cartoon, Meet Jesus Cartoon
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006While personally I think this whole matter bloody silly — apparently CNN (an American network, mind you) has been showing the so called “Mohammad” cartoons on the air in pixilated form, exactly how Al Jazeera has been showing them — CNN says they are doing this “as to not offend viewers.” Amazing given they […]
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