Quotes
The First Commandment
Sunday, April 13th, 2008“The first commandment is not just promoting monolatry; it is getting at monotheism another way. Although it does not say explicitly that no other gods exist, it does remove them from the presence of Yahweh, if Yahweh does not share power, authority or jurisdiction with them, they are not gods in any meaningful sense […]
Douglas Stuart: Isaiah’s Use of Mot
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006I found this passage from Dr. Douglas Stuart’s OT500: Old Testament Survey on Biblical Training.
Isaiah even goes so far as to take some Canaanite mythic themes and reuse them, cleansing them. This is a very interesting phenomenon. Back in chapter 5, which I was reading, there is a place where he talks about Mot, which […]
Archbishop Sentamu Loves Hoodies!
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006It is hard to be cool, even harder to not come off cheesy when relating to teenagers and youth. One matter that always seems to stick out is how you dress, and the Archbishop of York John Sentamu is trying figure out how to relate.
I often wear a hoodie, my girlfirend happens to like […]
It’s Hip Now to be Pregnant
Monday, April 24th, 2006With Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes (Kid: Suri), Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin (Kid: Moses), Donald and Melania Trump, etc and etc …
“It’s hip now to be pregnant,” says Jill Siefert, a fashion stylist in San Francisco who recently added pregnancy styling to her business. “Everybody’s doing it.”
Well “stars” have been having babies ever since […]
Theology Lession From Mary J. Blige
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006Mary J. Blige says she has found religion, but she makes no apologies for her earthly materialism. In fact, she says God has willed her to wear bling.
“My God is a God who wants me to have things,” the singer tells May’s Blender magazine. “He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the […]
A Sudden Case of Religious Sensitivity
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006I heard about this yesterday and found the statements pretty interesting …
Singer Isaac Hayes is to stop providing the voice for a character in cartoon South Park because he objects to its “inappropriate ridicule” of religion. Hayes, 63, who is the voice of the lustful Chef, has been a regular on the show since […]
Church of England: “We are Sorry”
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006The Church of England has officially “apologized” for the slave trade. According to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams it was “necessary.” This might come off wrong, but was it really so?
Debating the motion, Rev Simon Bessant, from Pleckgate, Blackburn, described the Church’s involvement in the trade, saying, “We were at the heart of […]