Another debate without much religion » GetReligion
One of the best blogs I read is GetReligion. They give me a bit too much good material, but I do try to at least scan most of it. Their aim is to cover coverage of religion in the mainstream media (MSM, they call it). Incisive stuff. Last night's post on the presidential debate contained an interesting Freudian typo. Check it out: The big issue in tonight’s debate was the economy yet again (with foreign policy as the side dish). The closest the candidates came to discussing issues of morality...
Bob Jones University Unfairly Maligned
I track all mentions of "Bob Jones University" via Google Alerts. Many articles are critical or dismissive. Many are not. Some criticisms are deserved—we're sinners! Some are not. Check out the opening of this AP article, carried in SC's The State: Gay rights group visits Columbia, SC, campus By KATRINA A. GOGGINS - Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. -- More than a dozen students and faculty at a private, Christian university crossed police tape Monday to meet with gay rights activists...
A Wealthy Jew and Christian Apologetics
The New York Times' Deborah Solomon just interviewed a very wealthy Jewish man, Edgar M. Bronfman, Sr., whose new book Hope Not Fear bills itself as A Path to Jewish Renaissance. Listen in on the conversation: Solomon: In your book, you seek to define Judaism as something besides religious belief. Bronfman: I don’t believe in the God of the Old Testament, but I am happy with my Judaism, without that. If you take the spiritual element out of Judaism, what is left? Some would say the rest is...
BestCommentaries.com
I've already linked to this site before, but I have to mention it again because I've gotten some very good use out of it in just a few weeks. It's a real go-to. You get free information from several solid commentary recommendation books (Carson, Derek Thomas, Glynn, Longman, Rosscup). These are the sources you should be checking—and mostly trusting!—anyway. And the information is collected in a very convenient and attractive format. You can browse by series and by Bible book. You can look up...
Mazak on Mazak’s View
Dr. Greg Mazak has posted a comment in the thread about his own sermon. Check it out here. I'm honored to have Dr. Mazak, a person who once played ultimate frisbee with our regular crew here at BJ, comment on my humble blog!