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December 2022

December 29, 2022

Kirk Cameron at the Indianapolis Public Library

I've commented on my blog before on Kirk Cameron's anti-science position and things like that,...

May 2022

May 23, 2022

I Am God’s Dream

I am grateful to Matthew Paul Turner for sending me a copy of his latest...

June 2021

June 15, 2021

New Book: #WhatIsGodLike by Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner

There was one person who was immediately at the top of my list of possible...

March 2021

March 06, 2021

As With Dr. Seuss, So With the Bible

The people who are up in arms about alleged “canceling” of Dr. Seuss are the...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

The Suffering of Mrs. Job

A sermon at Crooked Creek Baptist Church by Rev. Joy Amick got me thinking about...

August 2019

August 14, 2019

The Bible and Music in Children’s Songs

Another topic that I cover in my class on the Bible and Music is the...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

A Hug from Jesus

You know the experience. You are reading something that should be familiar, and yet something...

June 2018

June 16, 2018

Woe To Those Who Make Unjust Laws

For those inclined to discuss whether certain laws are "biblical," a tweet from Rev. James...

March 2018

March 09, 2018

The X-Files: (All Too) Familiar

The title of this X-Files episode, "Familiar," is a perfect pun. The episode explores the...

January 2018

January 22, 2018

How Children are Led Astray into the Sin of “Biblical Literalism”

This page from a children's Bible, which a friend shared on Facebook, seems to me...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

Grandmother Fish

I was delighted that author Jonathan Tweet, when he got in touch with me a...

July 2017

July 16, 2017

Mark 7:27-28 for the Birds

This is another attempt to update a saying of Jesus into imagery that might make...

February 2017

February 16, 2017

The Hippopotamus Song

I mentioned previously my hope that students would broaden my horizons. That happened during the...

July 2016

July 19, 2016

Eternity Wars

Via Christian Nightmares. There is so much great potential for a Star Wars themed VBS-style...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Never Children

This Bizarro cartoon gets at one of the problems with the idea that Adam and...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Childhood’s End

I really enjoyed watching the three-episode SyFy miniseries Childhood's End, based on the novel by...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

Our Children Should Always Be Allowed To Pray In Schools

Hemant Mehta shared some nice reworkings of a popular right-wing meme about prayer in schools,...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Chappie

I recently watched the movie Chappie. It poignantly conveys a point that I also sought...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Bill Nye on Child Mortality

HT Tom Bartley on Facebook

January 2015

January 08, 2015

Making a Powerful Point Powerfully

When I saw the above, it reminded me of a point I try to emphasize...

December 2014

December 21, 2014

LOST Rewatch: And Found

This episode features a flashback in which Jin is talking with a friend who says...

December 01, 2014

Assessing the Lost Gospel

Mark Goodacre has been sharing Richard Bauckham's response to the claims made in the book The...

November 2014

November 10, 2014

Married with Children? Recent Headlines About Jesus and Mary Magdalene

Lots of people have been sharing the "news" headlines that a Syriac text allegedly reveals that...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Genesis 1:28 and Same-Sex Marriage

I recently had someone quote Genesis 1:28 to me as though it were an argument against...

October 23, 2014

LOST Rewatch: Special

This episode starts with another eye close-up, as Michael is looking for Walt. Walt is...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Never Argue With Children

Via George Takei on Facebook

April 2014

April 13, 2014

As You Would Want Done Unto Your Children

I saw this on Facebook, and it made me wonder whether this could lead to...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

How Creationism Imprisons the Mind

The quotation is taken from Mark Joseph Stern's recent Slate article "The Cruelty of Creationism" or...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

Say NO to Fundamentalism

Steve Caruso shared the above image he made, in a post which suggests that the...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

Advice for a Young (Un)Believer

I had a question from someone I know mostly via the blog and Facebook, and...

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