From Children’s Books to the Real StoryI have a confession to make. I’ve been reading Zaccheus wrong my entire life. But it’s ok. There’s many more to blame. The story of Zaccheus in Luke 19 is about a dude who wants to see Jesus so he climbs up on a tree. Jesus says, “dude, I’d [...]

We often point to the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3 as The Fall or The Original Sin which explains a level of theodicy: how a benevolent God would make us live in our own personal hells.  It goes like this: God made the world good and we screwed up.  God kicked us [...]

The following quote struck a chord in me (hat tip: Patrick Appel on Andrew Sullivan): I wonder whether our brains aren’t becoming less like indexes and more like librarians. The situation isn’t quite as Peter presents it: The key skill isn’t knowing where to find information. It’s knowing where to find where to find information. [...]

Image by mtsofan via Flickr I read this during Lent and never got around to blogging about it until now.  Did you ever notice that the Gospel of John not only has different stories and takes on stories as the other three Synoptic Gospels…but it actually hates on them too (in a mean way)? Really. [...]

Well, two relative newcomers to the ever-interesting world of bible versions.  These are pretty edgy, so don’t let small children see them or their image of Jesus will be forever…awesome. First, the Manga Bible is an bible styled after Anime.  Jesus with Super Saiyan powers, I’m excited! Since Manga is focused on action, then the [...]