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June 2026

June 24, 2026

The Murder of the Beloved Son

A Suggestion about the Parable of the Tenants What did the parable of the tenants...

September 2022

September 08, 2022

The End of an Era: Queen Elizabeth II Has Died, Charles Becomes King

I heard the news of the death of the longest reigning monarch in British history,...

January 2020

January 01, 2020

Crucified with Christ

There have been suggestions over the years that Jesus faked his own death, Hugh Schonfeld’s...

August 2018

August 06, 2018

Don’t Interpret the Bible, Just Read It

You have probably all heard fundamentalists such as young-earth creationists insist that they don’t interpret...

May 2018

May 22, 2018

Doctor Who: City of Death

As we wait for Doctor Who to return to our screens (with a new logo...

June 2017

June 18, 2017

Does Ecclesiastes Deny The Afterlife?

I received an e-mail about an older blog post of mine that I linked to...

March 2017

March 01, 2017

Coloring Lent

On this Ash Wednesday, I am happy to have the chance to blog about a book...

February 2017

February 19, 2017

Slavery to the Fear of Death

Richard Beck's words in a recent blog post seemed to me meme-worthy. Here is the...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

Why Jesus Died

The quote comes from my post "Remembering the Needs of the Many at Christmas."

January 07, 2017

Sherlock on God

The return of Sherlock on New Year's Day included a request for Sherlock to become...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

2016

2016. People keep saying it can't get worse and 2016 keeps saying, "hold my drink."...

July 2016

July 02, 2016

Death Before The Fall

Ronald Osborn's book Death Before the Fall is one that I put off reading for...

April 2016

April 10, 2016

Philippians 2 and the Historical Jesus

It has been interesting to revisit the death of Jesus in my historical Jesus class...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Doctor Who: Heaven Sent

This episode begins with a monologue about the sense of life being lived in constant...

November 29, 2015

Doctor Who: Face the Raven

Due to the AAR/SBL conference and Thanksgiving, I am more than a week behind in...

October 2015

October 24, 2015

Doctor Who: The Woman Who Lived

The title of the episode "The Woman Who Lived" is noteworthy in the way it...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Problems With Penal Substitution

DISAMBIGUATION: This blog post is not about penile substitution - for information on that topic, go...

April 2015

April 12, 2015

Religion and Death

Hemant Mehta drew attention to a statement by Larry King, to the effect that religion...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

LOST Rewatch: Do No Harm

The episode starts with Boone's injuries. Jack tells Boone that he is going to fix...

November 01, 2014

Doctor Who: Dark Water

What an amazing episode of Doctor Who "Dark Water" is. It starts with Clara speaking...

October 2014

October 13, 2014

LOST Rewatch: Tabula Rasa

The episode set the pattern of focusing on one character and telling their earlier story...

August 2014

August 07, 2014

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

The episode Death to the Daleks reminded me of the unmade episode The Masters of...

July 2014

July 07, 2014

Half Life

The YouTube video above is of a very rough recording (one take, live, just me...

April 2014

April 19, 2014

Happily Easter After

It is Easter, and I celebrate and proclaim resurrection. I am not referring to a...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Onion Theology

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

January 2014

January 02, 2014

The Machine

Existential comics has a nice comic strip dealing with the philosophical issues related to teleportation...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

RIP Nelson Mandela

The news is just breaking that former South African president, and famous leader of the...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

The Duck of Death

It is always worth considering that your theology might be wrong... Via Facebook

September 2013

September 29, 2013

Don’t Episode I The Bible

Carson T. Clark posted on the Gospel not being Jesus' death. I'll quote him in...

June 2013

June 23, 2013

Hebrews 9: A Bloodbath

Hebrews 9 is the source of a couple of popular "memory verses" in conservative Evangelical...

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