Jeremy Thompson

Category: Interesting

  • James McGrath has Piqued My Interest in the "The Human Spark"

    James has just posted about a show on PBS called the “Human Spark.” It sounds very interesting.  Here is one of James’ comments: The irony is that young-earth creationists adopt an anti-evolutionary stance for the most part because they feel that evolution threatens human uniqueness and dignity. And yet this show was all about human…

  • Coolest Coffee Cup Lid Ever

    I’m probably just way out of touch and don’t get out much.  That’s probably why I haven’t seen this, but this is awesome.  I hate those coffee cup lids that are like tabs or plugs.  I always end up spilling coffee and/or burning myself.

  • Music Joel Likes – The King James Song

    Just another reason to read my blog instead of Joel’s … Check out one of his favorite songs … Come on Joel … Really? The King James Song Related: Joel is Unpatriotic and Hates God and Animals Are Joel & I Destined to become Archenemies?

  • Visuals for Biblical Books

    Stephen Smuts has linked to some very cool looking Bible word clouds.  Though I think that some of this may be translation dependent and some of it perhaps a little misleading to a somewhat uninformed person (e.g. “father” in Genesis is probably not talking about God as a father), I still think that do give…

  • Funny Christmas Comics

    Chris Brady has posted some funny comics on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Christmas.  If you are into comics, I would recommend subscribing to his RSS.  He posts comic strips it seems like a couple of times a week. Christmas Posts: Re-struck by How Little Christmas Material is in the Bible Children’s Hospital Christmas Party…

  • 1 Samuel 5 – Hemorrhoids & the Wrath of God

    I have been reading each morning recently from the Old Testament in the NJPS.  And, it seems like each day I’ve been noticing things I’ve not seen before.  And, today is certainly no exception. I suppose when I have read through 1 Samuel before, I probably read from the NASB or ESV.  And, I believe…

  • Betting Most Churches Go with Zephaniah

    Interesting … today there is a choice of Old Testament lectionary readings between Song of Songs 2.8-14 or Zephaniah 3.14-18.  If most parishes are in any way like mine, I’m guessing they will probably go with Zephaniah.  I think the priests in my parish know enough about Biblical Studies to recognize we do not so…

  • Around the Blogosphere (12/19)

    I awoke to a number of interesting posts this morning.  They were on a variety of themes, so I couldn’t call this a round up.  But, here are a few that I read this morning that were posted either last night or early today: Jesus Kills Santa (via Joel Watts) I Just Don’t Understand This…

  • Endogamy and Exogamy

    Today was the first time that the dictionary on my Kindle came in handy.  I was reading Niditch’s War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study in the Ethics of Violence and came across the words “endogamy” and “exogamy.”  Should have been able to figure those out based on prefixes and root, but it was early. …

  • A Nice Bit of Satire to Start Your Friday Morning

    I’ve been watching this whole Daniel Wallace thing expand into a full fledged controversy over the last couple of days.  And, Doug Chaplin has a nice bit of satire on the matter today.  I would love to cite the post in full, but I also want you to click over to Doug’s blog.  So, here’s…