His Eye Was not Dim: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 23 October 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 23 October 2011 (19th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Deuteronomy 34:1-12 and Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 • Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 and Psalm 1 • 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 • Matthew 22:34-46 Perhaps teaching Dostoevsky…
Yesterday Is Gone Like the Wind
When Chris Gehrz (of CWC: The Radio Show semi-fame) and I first started emailing back and forth a few years ago, we talked a lot about our shared tastes in…
Godzilla vs. Link-ra
Xenophon and Aristophanes: the other pictures of Socrates Fashion as the world where men are peripheral Why 11 September anniversaries could not be anything but political A dozen more reasons…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #60: Sophocles
General Introduction – Looking for the Yeti – What’s on the blog? – The review is coming tomorrow! – Boethius Battlefield writes in – An unenthusiastic obituary A Primer on…
Nobody Expects the Christ: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 16 October 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 16 October 2011 (18th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A) Exodus 33:12-23 and Psalm 99 • Isaiah 45:1-7 and Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13) • 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 • Matthew 22:15-22 To say that the Old Testament…
The Endings of Mark
Here’s a question for our readers: in your experiences in congregational and college settings, how have your teachers handled the variant endings of the book of Mark? (Or were you…
Cry Havoc and Let Link the Dogs of War
Ed Cyzewski offers a few thoughts on men’s ministries for… you know… those sorts of guys Don Miller offers some brief but good advice to writers online and otherwise Alan…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #59: Godwin's Law
General Introduction – David can’t get enough of your love – What’s on the blog? (Not much.) – On specialization and knowledge gaps Godwin’s Law – The origin of a…
Free John Piper audio book
Think by John Piper, free on christianaudio I know I’ve heard buzz about John Piper (some good and some bad), but I’ve not actually read him, so this offer interests…
A God who's a Character: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 9 October 2011
Exodus 32:1-14 and Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 • Isaiah 25:1-9 and Psalm 23 • Philippians 4:1-9 • Matthew 22:1-14 I love when my favorite texts come up in the lectionary rotation, largely because they…
What should we call you on the air?
Alright, so there hasn’t been a lectionary post or a links post for a couple weeks. Mea culpa on one of those, and dos culpas (yes, I know that construction…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #58: The Christian Right and the Christian Left
General Introduction – NERD ALERT – The status of the forum – What’s on the blog? – We attack Robert Harrison Christians in American Political History – Lack of a…
Twenty years ago today…
The album Nevermind by Nirvana and the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit the music stores. (For our younger readers, “music stores” were retail locations where…
Naked Self-Promotion by Michial Farmer
I don’t talk much about my music career/hobby on the podcast or the blog, but I’m swallowing my resistance to self-promotion to mention that I have recorded a new single…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #57: Libraries
General Introduction – On professors and assistants – Prairie dogs – What’s on the blog? – More on Chris Gehrz, pietism, and education – The Christian Humanist Forum—coming soon! Our…