Loose Lips Link Ships
Fred Sanders urges Christians to read Friedrich Nietzsche. In a Grubbsian moment, John Stackhouse makes a case for classical apologetics. Christianity Today interviews Billy Graham, who wishes he hadn’t been…
A Metaphor Incarnated: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 February 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 February 2011 (5th Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) • Psalm 112:1-9 (10) • 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) • Matthew 5:13-20 I’ll…
Link, Link, Nudge, Nudge
David Brooks presents a case for disagreeing and meaning it without calling one’s interlocutors ugly names. Walter Brueggemann calls for more emphasis on public Scripture-reading on Sunday mornings. Some praise…
The Blind Men and the Elephant, Revisited
My pilgrim soul once undertook A journey of the mind To Hindustan, the mythic East The truth of things to find. Of blind men once a rhyme I’d heard Whose…
Do Justice and Love Kindness: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 30 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 30 January 2011 (Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Micah 6:1-8 • Psalm 15 • 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 • Matthew 5:1-12 When I started in…
Link Cadillac
Stanley Fish notes the similarities in the right-wing and left-wing criticisms of the modern university. Patrick Deneen calls for public liberal arts education, not careerist college education, for all citizens.…
Some Self-Promotion for a Tuesday Morning
Howdy, readers. I should have noted this back when I was tooting our horn for the recognition we received, but new every Christian Humanist Blog post has, at the bottom…
Making Glorious: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 23 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Readings for 23 January 2011 (Third Sunday after Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 9:1-4 • Psalm 27:1, 4-9 • 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 • Matthew 4:12-23 I’ll admit that…
So I Guess I've Got that Going for Me
We’ve started to garner some recognition from other sites. Anne, from Anne is a Man! (a podcast review site) gave us a good review back at the end of December.…
Whose Oracle? Which Prophecy? A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 9 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 January 2011 (First Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 42:1-9 • Psalm 29 • Acts 10:34-43 • Matthew 3:13-17 I’ll confess that I’ve stopped…
Incarnation is History: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 2 January 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 January 2011 (2nd Sunday after Christmas, Year A) Jeremiah 31:7-14 or Sirach 24:1-12 • Psalm 147:12-20 or Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 • Ephesians 1:3-14…
I'm Linking of a White Christmas
NYC vs. MFA: Two Literary Cultures that together define American literary fiction Why monarchism might be the only hope for Democracy Francis Fukuyama speculates on the conspicuous absence of a…
My Aversion to Trinitarian Disputes: A Follow-up to Christian Humanist Podcast 36
If you’re a regular listener to the podcast (and if you’re not, you should be), you might have noticed that, when the subject of the Trinity comes up, I get…
A Link in our Armor
FAQ: Should I do graduate school in philosophy? (not an xtranormal clip) Hauerwas on Leithart on Yoder on Constantine. (HT Jeff Wright) Hey! You left out a very important site…
Jesus in the Far East: A Review of The Revelation of the Magi for HarperOne
Revelation of the Magi: The Lost Tale of the Wise Men’s Journey to Bethlehem Translated by Brent Landau 157pp. HarperOne. $22.99 When I discovered Midrash as an undergraduate Bible minor,…