I seem to be a day late with my weekend round-up. Here’s a selection of posts that, as always, are in my view well worth reading, but for one reason or another I haven’t had any reason to interact with in a full post.
Neil Godfrey of Vridar has started summarising a book on forgery in the ancient world. Interesting stuff. Matthew Burgess has a good rejoinder to some of his points.
Ben Goldacre of Bad Science points out how the Daily Telegraph twists and misrepresents research to suit its own agenda. A research student is presented as an expert scientist, and her research is turned almost completely on its head.
James McGrath started the week with a mischievously-titled post The Insufficiency of Scripture. Self-descriptive, really.
When I posted here and here earlier in the week about prayer and the NHS, I’d missed this worthwhile post from Nick Baines.
Jim Davila had the text of Trevor Hart’s laureation address in honour of Tom Wright at his St Andrew’s honorary doctorate award.
Ken Brown dealt harshly (and quite right too) with CS Lewis’ “mad, bad or God” argument. As he points out, it only works if you accept the gospels (and mainly the fourth one) as verbatim accounts.
Bishop Alan Wilson had a good post on punishment and community in the light of the Rule of St Benedict.
In a week when I got deluged in unnecessary advice about administering Holy Communion during a swine flu pandemic, Dave Walker had a great cartoon. (PS. Pedants please don’t comment on the difference between a virus and a bacterium. It’s a cartoon.)
The Bishop of Kazakhstan Croydon has a good reflection on the domestic side of Anglican divisions. What are the FOCAs doing?
Not a blog, but a great competition (HT Dave Walker.) Ship of Fools are inviting you to join the hunt for the worst verse in the Bible.
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Thanks for the link love, Doug!
Likewise – thank you.
Thanks for the link! BTW, I posted a follow-up here.
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