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June 2018

June 30, 2018

Beginning Podcasting

I have been wanting to get into podcasting for some time, and with the exciting...

September 2015

September 26, 2015

#YCAS2015 The Final Session

The final session after lunch was focused on the Gospel of Jesus' Wife. We did...

July 2013

July 01, 2013

Diet Gospels?

Jim West posted the above photo featuring personalized Coke bottles available in the UK. I...

April 2013

April 11, 2013

Scholarship in the Blogosphere

There are several interesting topics that I think I can bring together under this heading....

April 08, 2013

Jim West’s Inconsistent Christianity

Jim West has posted some of his views on homosexuality from time to time, including...

February 2013

February 01, 2013

January 2013 Biblical Studies Carnival

Jim West has posted the premiere Biblical Studies Carnival of 2013. Click through to read...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

Countdown to Carnival

Jim West has posted a reminder that there is just a little over a week...

January 06, 2013

It’s Never Too Early

It is never too early to begin submitting material for the next Biblical Studies Carnival....

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Faith and Works

HT Jim West

December 23, 2012

Christmas and Religious Freedom

Jim West shared this cartoon (for what reason I will not speculate): I find the...

December 11, 2012

I Don’t Care What Jim West Calls Himself, He Isn’t A Baptist in Any Meaningful Sense of the Word

Jim West has taken it upon himself to try to define away the status of...

November 2012

November 13, 2012

What has Zwingli to do with the Sisters of Plentitude?

Jim West shared this image: Am I the only Doctor Who fan whose first thought...

November 01, 2012

Winning Ugaritic

Jim West announced on his blog today that I was the winner of his giveaway...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Tim Tebow Patents Kneeling

Jim West posted this nice satirical treatment of the notion of Tim Tebow patenting "Tebowing,"...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Biblical Pun of the Day

HT Jim West

September 01, 2012

The August 2012 Biblical Studies Carnvial

"Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird?" "Yup." Jim West has posted the...

August 2012

August 13, 2012

In which Jim West and I do the horizontal biblioblog thing

As I meant to mention some days ago, but apparently neglected to actually post, Jim...

August 07, 2012

I Don’t Understand Jim West

There are plenty of things that I do understand about Jim West. He has no...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Is Your Theology Weighing You Down?

Two humorous images that appeared on other blogs this morning provide helpful fodder for thinking...

July 19, 2012

Interactive Bible: Genesis 1:3

Many readers will know that a while back I worked on developing a prototype of...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

How to Spot the Secret Atheist Handshake

Jim West often has a bee in his bonnet about atheists, but he doesn't always...

March 2012

March 10, 2012

Jim West wants YOU to submit posts for the next Biblical Studies Carnival!

Jim West has posted a request for submissions for the next Biblical Studies Carnival.

January 2012

January 12, 2012

Further Interaction About the Talpiot Tomb

There have been some further posts around the blogosphere about the Talpiot tomb and related...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

The Life of Christ in Cats

Why am I posting this rather unusual image of the Life of Christ in Cats?...

July 2011

July 14, 2011

John Loftus Accuses Jim West of Hate Speech

In what will presumably be a major talking point in the blogosphere in coming days,...

June 2011

June 04, 2011

The Biblioblog Top 10 (May 2011)

Thanks to Daniel McClellan for posting the Top 10 Biblioblogs by vote for this past...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

There’s a new King in town (Biblioblog Rankings for May 2011)

Congratulations to Joel Watts and the other bloggers at Unsettled Christianity who have also unseated...

May 29, 2011

King for a Day – or for the Month?

This month the blog Unsettled Christianity has pulled ahead of the notorious, totally depraved, WalMart...

May 26, 2011

An Introduction to Biblioblogs

Having moved to this new site, I suppose there is another thing I should explain...

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