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August 2015

August 01, 2015

You Won’t Believe The Cosmology

I shared the above Ziggy cartoon once before. But having happened across it again, I was...

October 2014

October 11, 2014

Because of the Angels

Fred Clark posted about the obscure first half of 1 Corinthians 11, and offered a...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

Heavenly Hierarchy

This past Sunday in my Sunday school class, we dived back into the Letter of...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Onion Theology

The Onion regularly features satire aimed at religion, often with good effect. Recent examples include...

February 2014

February 04, 2014

Last Meal Before Crucifixion

This Cyanide and Happiness cartoon can actually lead to discussion of a serious point (believe...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

Every Time a Bell Rings

 

December 04, 2013

Angels We Have Heard Inside and Outside a Piano

HT Cate Pickens and many others who've shared this recently.

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Angelic Clothing

Tom Verenna asked in a post on Facebook why angels wear clothing. I confess that...

October 16, 2013

Angels vs. Atheists

Hemant Mehta highlighted this fascinating new comic book. In a manner that is typical of...

June 2013

June 18, 2013

Let Angels Prostate Fail

Spelling matters. How do you get the archaic contraction "pow'r" right and yet "prostrate" wrong?...

April 2013

April 14, 2013

Two Powers in Hebrews 2?

Today my Sunday school class got up to Hebrews 2:5-13. I was really struck by...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

The Boredom of Eternity

Today's Speed Bump cartoon pinpoints an important issue with the notion of an afterlife in...

October 2012

October 12, 2012

P.S. – The Unfilmed Final Scene from “The Angels Take Manhattan”

The BBC released a video indicating the contents of a final scene that was written...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

Somewhere Even the Doctor Won’t Go (Angels Take Manhattan SPOILERS)

Via Reddit

September 29, 2012

Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan

Steven Moffatt promised a moving and fitting farewell to Rory and Amy. I think he...

September 29, 2012

Of Ponds, Angels, and Prayers

I am struck by the prayerful pose of Amy and Rory in this poster for...

September 22, 2012

Review of To Heaven and Back by Mary C. Neal

I am grateful to Patheos for the opportunity to participate in the book club about...

July 2012

July 09, 2012

Anush-Uthra vs. Jesus: Smackdown in Jerusalem

I just posted another draft of a chapter from the Mandaean Book of John. In...

April 2012

April 19, 2012

The Seven Spirits of God and Heavenly Bureaucracy in the Book of Revelation

A few weeks ago we began working our way through the Book of Revelation in...

February 2012

February 14, 2012

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

The Doctor Who episode "The Faceless Ones" from the Patrick Troughton era is a gripping...

February 06, 2012

Fringe: Making Angels (Observers ex Machina)

The episode of Fringe which aired this past Friday, "Making Angels," explores religious themes in...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

No Bible Story Left Untold?

Today in my freshman class, we're beginning our discussion of Plato's Republic. In Book II,...

January 18, 2012

In Lieu of Plagues and Floods

From Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller

December 2011

December 16, 2011

What the Shepherds Heard

Someone recently asked me what we are supposed to imagine that the singing angels in...

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