Prepostersous Statements of April, 2009

I am in the process of collecting the most preposterous statements I read on blogs and newspapers. At the end of the year a bracket will be formed and and a poll devised for YOU the readers to vote on. If you would like to nominate a preposterous statement, leave it the comments with a [...]

The Escape!

The latest from Rock TV:

Items of note:
-First video we’ve shot in a foreclosed home
-I finally figured out how to use the editing program
-Favorite line: “Gift giving is my love language!” by an extra
-Funniest scene: singing karaoke about green house gasses and delinquent fathers

Sports Seating and Class Warfare

Take a gander at this picture from the NY Times:

The brand spankn’ new Yankee stadium reserves a box of front row seats for high paying ticket owners. And cannot fill them up even on opening day.
This may erode my conservative credibility even further, but I am becoming economic egalitarian when it comes to sports [...]

We Become What We Worship

G.K. Beale has written a book on one of the most fascinating subjects to be found in biblical studies. Personally, it is a topic of great interest to me as it relates to my own conception of piety and the philosophy of religion. I was also excited to read this volume, because I had heard [...]

AN Wilson Finds Faith (again)

AN Wilson, an atheist “biographer” of Jesus , Paul, and C.S. Lewis , has found faith. And he has a few words for the “new atheists.” Here’s the heart of the article:
The Easter story answers their questions about the spiritual aspects of humanity. It changes people’s lives because it helps us understand that [...]

Odds & Enns

For those interested, Peter Enns has a website that has a cool intent:
The focus of this website is Biblical Theology and Biblical Studies and how these fields interface with contemporary Christian faith. Although I certainly hope that some of what is expressed here will be persuasive to some readers, my intention is not [...]

Of Two Minds: Some Thoughts on Inspiration and Incarnation

Peter Enns has written one of the most fascinating and controversial books in the last ten years of evangelical theology. I used to think the works published by the open theists were the stuff that fractured things in half, but with Enns, considering the state of my mind (!), transcends all of that. His book [...]

Preposterous Statements of March, 2009

I am in the process of collecting the most preposterous statements I read on blogs and newspapers. At the end of the year a bracket will be formed and and a poll devised for YOU the readers to vote on. If you would like to nominate a preposterous statement, leave it the comments with a [...]