My Greek Reading class was canceled this evening because the building in which it meets was closed down “due to the receipt of a suspicious package in a nearby building.” We received an update later this evening that things are back to normal after the Fuller Psychology building, the bookstore and the 490 E. [...]
Entries from April 2007
April 30, 2007
Open to Dialogue: Homosexuality and Messiah College
Disclaimer: Let me say from the start that this post is not about whether or not homosexuality or homosexual practice is a sin. This post is concentrated on how discussions surrounding the issue of homosexuality should be handled in academic communities, particularly those academic communities that affirm a Christian confessional stance.
For those of you who [...]
April 22, 2007
The Pledge of Allegiance and Civil Religion
I would like to highlight an article from the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, written by Grace Y. Kao and Jerome E. Copulsky (both assistant professors at Virginia Tech), entitled “The Pledge of Allegiance and the Meanings and Limits of Civil Religion.” If you’re logged in, you can find it here on the [...]
April 19, 2007
Video: Pagels on Colbert Report
Colbert: “What the hell is the Gospel of Judas?”
Originally premiered 4/17/07. For those who don’t know, you can read an English translation of the Gospel of Judas on the National Geographic website. You can also see their Coptic transcription. April DeConick suggests that the National Geographic translation has errors and that Judas is actually “as [...]
April 17, 2007
UnSpun update: We’re rockin’ the vote
I just checked back on Amazon UnSpun since I’ve seen it posted on so many blogs since I did my rankings. On the UnSpun homepage, their Most Popular Lists breakdown for the past 30 days currently has our biblioblogs list (”Best Blogs about Biblical Studies“ 
at #2, behind “Missing Apple Announcements.” Come on, we can [...]
April 17, 2007
Layout change: offshoring the links
My list of links on the right-hand side was getting to be a bit unwieldy, so I’ve taken a note from Jim West and have relegated them to a google page. Google pages are free and easy to use. I remember when the internet was just opening up to popular use while I was in [...]
April 14, 2007
Biblioblog rankings… I guess.
I just learned from Jim West that there is this list ranking Biblical Studies blogs on this thing called Amazon UnSpun. I’ve never heard of Amazon UnSpun, but apparently it’s related to Amazon.com and it seems to be a community of lists. People vote and comment on the items on these lists. I guess that’s [...]
April 13, 2007
What is the Brethren in Christ denomination?
My fellow Brethren in Christ (BIC) blogger, the prolific Shawn Anthony of Lo-Fi Tribe, has given a synopsis of the three streams of our BIC heritage: Anabaptism, Pietism, and Wesleyanism. He has done this since “most” of his readers are not familiar with the denomination. I, too, have the feeling that most of my [...]
April 10, 2007
Which Church Father Are You?
I saw that Jim West (Tertullian) and Judy Redman (Melito of Sardis) tried this out and a bunch of others too. I like my results:
You’re St. Jerome!
You’re a passionate Christian, fiercely devoted to Jesus Christ and his Church. You are willing to labor long hours in the Lord’s vineyard, and you have little patience with [...]
