June 2011

God Behaving Badly 6:

    I had the priviledge of being interviewed about my book God Behaving Badly by Brian Auten yesterday for Apologetic315.   Brian is "director of Reasonable Faith Belfast and…
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Psalms 5: The stick (Psalm 1:4-6)

Psalm 1 provides both positive and negative motivation for delighting in the law of YHWH.  After describing the carrot (prosperity) that comes to the torah-obsessed person in verse…
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How realistic is Megamind?

As a family we just watched the DVD of Megamind (2010, Dreamworks).  Overall, excellent, funny, entertaining: three thumbs up. Just one question, how realistic is Megamind?  I mean, come…
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At the feet of Jesus

At my seminary's Board meeting yesterday, the Board chairperson, Joe Longo led a devotion on Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus.  The three siblings lived in the villiage…
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Wright, Siebert and Copan 2: Siebert

This is the second in a series reviews on books that address the problem of God behaving badly in the Old Testament.  This review was originally published in…
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Wright, Siebert and Copan 1: Wright

Scot McKnight's blog Jesus Creed  has been running a series of posts on God Behaving Badly.  One of the commentators didn't find my chapter on divine violence (Chapter 5:…
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