[ad hoc] Christianity

(Apologies on how late this one came out: it’s not always easy to coordinate everything between two hemispheres!)

Here are all the articles we discussed this week, and several that we didn’t get to but would like to recommend anyway.

Referenced on the show:

• Bible
  • Ari’s Blog
    • Bauckham on Divine Identity & Orthodox Christology
  • J. Quinton @ διά πέντε
    • Joseph And An Issue With “Q”
  • James Pate @ James’ Thoughts and Musings
    • Collins on the Decalogue
  • Michael F. Bird @ Euangelion
    • Craig Keener on the Reliability of the Gospels
  • P.J. Williams @ Evangelical Textual Criticism
    • SBL GNT Acts 13:43
  • Richard Fellows @ Paul and co-workers
    • New evidence that Lucius/Luke wrote Acts
  • Tim Bulkeley @ Sansblogue
    • Distinguishing humour: signs that a text is intended to be funny
• Biblical
  • Hamblin of Jerusalem
    • Video Review of Ehrman’s “Forged” 4
• Culture
  • I Think I Believe
    • Science and Tech and religion – the sexy edition
  • Beth @ Bold Faith Type
    • Franklin Graham’s Double Standards
  • Crystal Lewis @ Crystal St. Marie Lewis
    • “Jesusism”… (Have you heard of this?)
  • Deane Galbraith @ Remnant of Giants
    • The Height of the Giants who survived the Flood
  • Eric Reitan @ Religion Dispatches
    • Beyond Retribution: Bin Laden’s Death in its Cosmic Context
  • Joel @ Unsettled Christianity
    • Those Who Believe in Hell Less Likely to Cheat?
  • Machine Philosophy @ MandM
    • Transcript: Sam Harris v William Lane Craig Debate “Is Good from God?”
  • Pete Enns @ a time to tear down | A Time to Build Up
    • GospelFutures
  • Rachel Held Evans @ Rachel Held Evans – Blog
    • Announcing The Rally to Restore Unity
  • Rod of Alexandria @ Political Jesus
    • Rach on The Loneliness of Women Bibliobloggers
    • Enemy Love and Usama Bin Laden’s Death
• History
  • The Bible and Culture
    • Defending Constantine— Part One
  • Bob Cargill @ XKV8R: The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill
    • fake martin luther king, jr. quote demonstrates how we got the apocrypha
  • Glenn @ Say Hello to my Little Friend
    • Women as First Witnesses to the Empty Tomb
  • J. Quinton @ διά πέντε
    • The Dragon In The Garage of Historical Jesus Studies
  • James F. McGrath @ Exploring Our Matrix
    • Explaining Mythicist Sleight of Hand
    • Mythicism’s Best Answers?
  • Jim Davila @ PaleoJudaica.com
    • Coptic graffiti by ancient nuns
  • Michael J. Ryan, Ph.D. @ PALAEOBLOG
    • Born This Day: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
  • Mike Duncan @ The History of Rome
    • 136- Let This Be Our Final Battle
  • Peter J. Leithart @ Peter J. Leithart
    • Beastly number
• Science and Tech
  • Hardy @ DailyHebrew.com
    • Hebrew Bible for eReaders
  • @ Science & the Sacred
    • C. S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design, Part 1
  • ▪ C. S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design, Part 2
• Theology
  • Diglotting
    • Are Mormons “Christian”?
    • Review: Baptism in the Holy Spirit (James Dunn)
  • Robin Parry @ Theological Scribbles
    • Alvin Plantinga on the afterlife
    • Alvin Plantinga on evil (pt. 1)
    • Alvin Plantinga on evil (pt. 2)
    • Alvin Plantinga on ontological arguments
  • Victor Reppert @ dangerous idea
    • Tom Talbott on the Outsider Test for Faith
  • @ Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel
    • The Moral Problem of Asymmetrical Forgiveness

More recommended links:

• Bible
  • Doug Chaplin @ clayboy
    • St Paul’s belief in the empty tomb
  • Duane Smith @ Abnormal Interests
    • Divining Balaam: A Problem With Omens
  • James Pate @ James’ Thoughts and Musings
    • Albright on the Conquest
  • Joel H. @ God Didn’t Say That
    • What Goes Wrong when we Translate the Words
  • Mark Goodacre @ NT Blog
    • Dating the Last Supper a Day Early?
  • martin @ “shields-up”
    • “is a word-for-word translation unbiblical?” — part 1
  • Stephen Rives @ Jesus:Archaeology:Theology:Bible
    • “They know not what they do…”, Two Critical New Testament Books Needful for Every Pastor
• Culture
  • I Think I Believe
    • Richard Bauckham and I
  • Joel @ Unsettled Christianity
    • The Vatican Responds to Osama Bin Laden’s Death
    • Prayers for this Evening’s News – the Death of Osama Bin Laden
  • Katie @ WIT
    • Was It Worth It?
  • Like a Child @ Like a Child
    • …Is A Heretic
  • Scot McKnight @ Jesus Creed
    • Variety within Calvinism
  • Scott Bailey @ Scotteriology
    • Can We Please (PLEASE!) Stop Trying to Christianize *Everything*
  • Todd Bolen @ BiblePlaces Blog
    • Metal Codices To Be Examined by Multiple Labs
  • @ Consider All. Test All. Hold On to the Good.
    • Rainer Maria Rilke on Managing Doubt
• History
  • Larry Hurtado @ Centre for the Study of Christian Origins
    • “Q” Conference in Graz
  • Mike Duncan @ Bad Rhetoric
    • The Limits of Apologetic Conspiracy and Required Hang Time on Gospel Dating
  • Mr. Scrivener @ kjvonly2
    • Chronology of Printed GNTs: 1600 – 1700
• Science and Tech
  • Consider All. Test All. Hold On to the Good.
    • The Science of Rationalization
  • The Biblical World @ The Biblical World
    • Does belief in a loving God lead students to cheat on exams?
  • Victor Reppert @ dangerous idea
    • Would Lewis have supported ID?
• Theology

• • Richard Beck @ Experimental Theology
    • The Deeper Magic: A Good Friday Meditation
  • Seumas Macdonald @ Compliant Subversity
    • Is the wood of Genesis 22 a typological foreshadowing of the cross?
  • stalinsmoustache @ Stalin’s Moustache
    • The Bible and Critical Theory, Resurrected

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