Good FridayWe’re so used to just repeating texts from the Gospels this time every year, we can forget how much more startling art can be. Imagine what a satellite might have snapped about 1,979 years ago. I’ve always found this tech art (by the Glue Society), haunting.

Reality CheckI want to follow up on Siris’ post about the problem with blogging, especially the danger of blogging too much about just one subject (i.e., politics, religion, one branch of science). I think his points are well taken. It goes without saying, of course, that losing a sense of perspective can include losing your… Continue reading

Oh, boy. I’m with Brandon on this one. El PZoid hits the nail on the head: Feelings of transcendence exist, and no one denies it. Those feelings seem to be rather easily triggered by a whole host of phenomena, from a focal seizure to a morning in ritual to a beautiful sunset. We don’t neglect… Continue reading

Bart Ehrman’s Book, InterruptedBen Witherington, in the first of a two-part review of Ehrman’s new book: Now it is always a danger to over generalize when we are dealing with as important a matter as the ‘truth about the Bible’. And frankly it is simply untrue to say that most scholars or the majority of… Continue reading

Siris has a very thoughtful–and I think quite accurate–post about the risks of apologetics and blogging.