congrats to dr. peter lanfer and sarah drew

Posted on July 27, 2011 by bobcargill

(It’s about time someone reported this story ‘exclusively’ so we can publicly congratulate you!! ;-) Congratulations are in order to my colleague, UCLA prof (and frequently visiting Dartmouth prof) Dr. Peter Lanfer, and his wife, Grey’s Anatomy star Sarah Drew Lanfer, on the announcement of their coming child. Peter is a scholar specializing in Second [...]

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southern christianity, nascar, product placement, and a smokin’ hot wife

Posted on July 25, 2011 by bobcargill

if this is not the epitome of selling out christianity for product profitability and popularity, then i don’t know what is. i shake my head… [HT: MPT]

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the most clever argument thus far against a historical worldwide flood and noah’s ark

Posted on July 24, 2011 by bobcargill

i especially enjoyed the rhetorical litany of animals supposedly on the ark, the math on the volume of water necessary (but not available) to flood the earth, the discussion of drones and parasites, their solution for dealing with predatory consumption vs. herbivores, the treatment of animal waste, and the discursus on ‘speciation’ and how creationists [...]

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jesus appears in a walmart receipt

Posted on July 19, 2011 by bobcargill

A Christian couple in Anderson County, SC discovered an image they believe to be Jesus on a WalMart receipt (of course that’s where they were.) But some are questioning whether the image is Jesus or someone else. (Experts are doing comparisons with some early self-portraits and photographs of Jesus to determine for certain.) There is [...]

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why scholarship is important

Posted on July 15, 2011 by bobcargill

Just because it’s simple, clever, or rhymes, doesn’t necessarily make it correct.

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don miller on real masculinity: tony dungy

Posted on July 14, 2011 by bobcargill

I like Don Miller. Always have. I’ve read all his books, and I like his conversant style. So when Don Miller weighed in to the recent “real masculinity” debate (background: here and here and here), he did so with his typical class and style. Yesterday, I held up Michael Irvin as an example of a [...]

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no, it wasn’t my moving van on the way to iowa

Posted on July 14, 2011 by bobcargill

…but, the LAPD did find something during a traffic stop, and methinks it was a tad bit over an ounce: Over a ton of marijuana has been found during a mid-city Los Angeles traffic stop. A Torrance police officer stopped the car on July 8 and a drug-sniffing dog alerted the officer that there were [...]

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a platypus’ thoughts on intelligent design

Posted on July 14, 2011 by bobcargill

HT: Jim Linville. Couldn’t have said it any better.

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mark driscoll responds after his elders ‘sit him down’, offers no apology

Posted on July 14, 2011 by bobcargill

There was no apology, but neo-fundamentalist Mars Hill Church Pastor Mark Driscoll responded to the backlash of criticism (including my own, Rachel, Joel, Jim, Scott, and others) about his general theology of men and women self-described “flippant” remarks made on Facebook: as well as a number of past comments about “effeminate” men. (Kudos, btw, to [...]

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a study in masculinity: comparing michael irvin and mark driscoll

Posted on July 12, 2011 by bobcargill

ESPN is reporting that Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin will be appearing shirtless (well, abs-uncovered at least) on the cover of next month’s August issue of Out magazine. Why, you might ask, would a straight male appear on the cover of the world’s most widely-read gay magazine? According to the article [...]

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