Creation-ists?
Geoff writes on TheologyGeekNZ1 about the big lie at the heart of “Creationism”: If you are a Christian who does not believe God caused all things to exist (ie, create) raise your hand now.. The issue...
View ArticleSeptember: Spring comes to Biblical Blogaria
Among the first signs of spring we expect the first of the season’s crop of new blogs, as the northern hemisphere returns to work after their long lazy summer. Among the first to appear this spring The...
View ArticleThe Great (American?) Evangelical Shibboleth
This old MS Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208 contains a fragment of the Gospel of John 16:22-30, it dates to the 3rd century, so though one of the oldest NT MSS we have it is not an autograph. Many people, some...
View ArticleSBL Podcasts
Podcasting logoi from http://podcastlogo.lemotox.de/ There is an interesting (if somewhat restricted) discussion on the SBL’s Facebook page about the possibility of podcasting (some) sessions from the...
View ArticleThoughts on Alpha
For a long time I’ve had ambivalent feelings about Alpha courses. They seem from all the figures and accounts to be very effective tools for evangelism. But, some people suggest the scheme works best...
View ArticleReflections on the debate over “marriage equality”
I’ve been watching the debate over the marriage equality bill with growing horror. Somehow the skill, humour and gentleness with which the “other side” has argued the case “for” has provoked many in...
View ArticleAutomatic captions and a sermon on making sense of Revelation
As part of my move to deliver the screencast versions of 5 minute Bible via You Tube I’ve been looking closely at the automatic captions the system offers. Basically I go in and tidy them up. Some are...
View ArticleScriptural claims about the inspiration of Scripture
Chris Heard has been doing a really fine and deeply thoughtful (and perhaps provocative) series on Scriptural claims about the inspiration of Scripture the series is not over, but has arrived at the...
View ArticleTell the Bible Story in 3 minutes!
A group of us met last night to plot a video (probably narration with animation one of the group is a young, skilled and creative animator with friends who are similarly equipped) most of the rest of...
View ArticleWayback machine: Theological education and outdoctrination
Here’s a post from five years ago that I wish had generated more conversation… I wonder if it will this time ;) Linking to Geoff’s “Creativity in Theological Education” post and then watching the...
View ArticleReading the Bible Faithfuly
I have not been posting (here or podcasting at 5minuteBible) much for a while. Several academic publications with due dates late in 2013 and then the Christmas/summer holidays are to blame… plus a new...
View ArticleIs God male in the eyes of people in the pew?
I have just finished a five-lecture series at Asia Pacific Theological Seminary in Baguio in the Philippines, with the title “God as Mother?”. The experience has been great fun, with friendly...
View ArticleExcellent resource for Bible readers, and those who want to understand...
A friend of mine in a comment on Facebook pointed to Jackson Wu’s blog. It is excellent, Jackson is a theologian (like me his PhD is in practical theology)1 who teaches at a seminary. He is also...
View ArticleSocial media as staffroom for distance teachers
After thirty years as an onsite teacher, though for the last several years teaching many distance classes, I am now a distance teacher. I used to work from an office at the institution I was teaching...
View ArticleGetting Bible Commentaries without a library
A few years back I posted a video showing how to get to the relevant pages of a Bible commentary using Google Books. Since then the video hosting service I used has removed the video, and Google has...
View ArticleNeeded reading suggestions
For a course on the Pentateuch that I am preparing I am stuck in two places for good readings to suggest. If you can help me I’d be delighted. I need a chapter-length readings, and ideally at a bit...
View ArticleJacob Wright’s course, week two
Last week I offered some first impressions of Jacob Wright’s excellent MOOC The Bible’s Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future. The second week’s lecture material has been interesting for two...
View ArticleDeportation and return as stimulus for textualisation
One of the highlights for me of this week’s episodes of Jacob Wright’s excellent The Bible’s Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future was the interview with doctoral student Aubrey Buster. Her paper,...
View ArticleSubverting heroism and gender: Part four of Jacob Wright’s course
This week’s episodes of Jacob Wright’s “The Bible’s Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future” were particularly fun for me, for a start his topic (the way the Hebrew Bible subverts gender roles and...
View ArticleLiving Biblical Scholarship: Teaching Biblical Studies
Jacob L. Wright’s MOOC makes good use of short video interviews with both established scholars and (at least one so far) PhD candidates talking about their research. As a teaching tool such short...
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