LOST Rewatch: Enter 77
As the party heads north looking for Jack, they find a cow with a bell around its neck, and then a building with a satellite dish on top and other animals around it, and the man with the eye patch they...
View ArticleEva Kor to Speak at Butler Commencement
It was announced today that Holocaust survivor Eva Kor, who runs the Candles Holocaust Museum, will be speaking at Butler University’s commencement this year, and will receive an honorary...
View ArticleRedemption in Star Wars and Christianity
The above cartoon from Pictorial Theology raises interesting questions (even if I disagree with what it says, especially with regard to Ewoks).On the one hand, the message of cheap grace that is...
View ArticleOur Religion Requires It
An interesting take on the legislation in Indiana. It manages to combat selective literalism and conservative picking and choosing on the one hand, while offering an example of authentic lived...
View ArticleLOST Rewatch: Dr. Linus
The episode begins with Ben Linus running through the jungle. He catches up with Ilana and the others who had escaped the temple, and they head to the beach. Ilana gives Miles the ashes of Jacob’s body...
View ArticleA Right To Be Free
The quote from Holocaust survivor Eva Kor comes from an article on the WISH TV website, about Kor’s experience when she came face to face with former Nazi guard Oskar Groening. Kor lives in Indiana and...
View ArticleMicah among the Baptists
The theme of yesterday’s service at my church was Micah 6:6-8, well-known words as well as their immediate context.The immediate context is something typical of the 8th century prophets: a condemnation...
View ArticleCruelty Begets Cruelty
Cruelty begets cruelty. It doesn’t matter if you learn this point from Jesus, the Doctor, or somewhere else. Figuring out how to overcome evil not by repaying evil with evil, but by breaking the cycle...
View ArticleJesus’ (Facebook) Friends
Three cartoons on this theme by Tim “Spike” Davis. One of the things that Christians think about during this season is Jesus' teaching about loving our enemies, and how he put it into practice to the...
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