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May 2015

May 07, 2015

Isaac, I Am Your Father

The image is by Matt Page and has the title "The Faith of Anakin." I...

May 06, 2015

More #StuffJesusNeverSaid

This is an interesting one, because in John 6, the source of the quote which...

May 05, 2015

Pure Evil

Via Yuriy Stasyuk on Facebook. This is a clear violation of the Golden Rule. Treat...

May 05, 2015

Taking KJV-Onlyism As Far As It Can Go

I thought that the view of the King James Version of the Bible that Stuff...

May 03, 2015

Acts 8 (Enterprise Edition)

Unvirtuous Abbey shared this on Facebook. This isn't what I have pictured when I have...

May 02, 2015

Which Bible Would Jesus Use?

The above image, shared on the blog Stuff Fundies Like, illustrates the problem with using...

May 01, 2015

April 2015 Biblical Studies Carnival

Jeff Carter has shared his round-up of highlights from last months Biblical studies blogging. Click...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Bible Typos

The claim that the Bible is inerrant, and in particular that the manuscript tradition used...

April 30, 2015

Various Videos

Israel Today shared a video of Qumran caves, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered:...

April 29, 2015

The Disciples’ Prayer

Several people have been blogging about a book that I mentioned when I read a...

April 27, 2015

Proof That Obama is Satan

Barack Obama is nearing the end of his second term as president. Once his term...

April 26, 2015

The Credit Card Number of the Beast

Richard Haynes shared yet another way that one can find 666 in an everyday object....

April 21, 2015

Genesis 2 is Not Literal (The Bible Tells Me So)

The quote comes from my recent post "Marriage is Sacred." The point is one that...

April 21, 2015

Marriage is Sacred

I talked about this topic in my Sunday school class this past Sunday, as we reached...

April 20, 2015

The Holy Trilogy

I'll be giving a paper at SBL in November comparing sci-fi canons (with particular focus...

April 17, 2015

The Bible as Videogame

Dorkly shared a multi-panel comic about how the Bible would work as a videogame. Above are...

April 17, 2015

Christ-Centered Christianity

The quote comes from a post on Fred Clark's Slacktivist blog. Just look at that...

April 15, 2015

God So Loved The World

This came to my attention recently. You can purchase the bumper sticker and other items...

April 13, 2015

The Criterion of Mortification

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal featured the comic below, which illustrates a popular misunderstanding of the...

April 13, 2015

Don’t Diss the Blog!

It is an older article, but Jennifer Raff's piece on differentiating between science and pseudoscience...

April 12, 2015

Fundamentalism Is Less Interesting Than Reality

There have been times when I thought the opposite - when the world filled with angels...

April 11, 2015

He Threw It

This cartoon by Tom Toles is poignant for multiple reasons. It doesn't just highlight the...

April 10, 2015

First Draft of John 13:35

Via Glennon Doyle Melton's Facebook page "Momastery." I like to think of this as a...

April 09, 2015

What Use Is The Bible?

I'm grateful to Daniel Gullotta for drawing my attention to the above video of Joel...

April 08, 2015

The Bible as Human Product

"I let go of the notion that the Bible is a divine product. I learned...

April 05, 2015

Bake for them Two

An updating of Matthew 5:41 by Jessica Kantrowitz. Click through to her blog to read...

April 04, 2015

The Product Placement Bible

A friend drew the Product Placement Bible to my attention. It is an attempt to...

April 04, 2015

Four Things the Bible is NOT

Aric Clark offered this helpful list of four things the Bible is not, and I...

April 02, 2015

Baptism for the Dead: Paul and the Mandaeans

A student who gave a presentation on the Mandaeans in my "Heresy" class used the...

April 02, 2015

LOST Rewatch: Dead is Dead

The episode begins with Charles Widmore as a younger man complaining that Richard had brought...

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