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Fabienne St Louis (seen here in 2011) took part in the women’s triathlon in Rio despite a cancer diagnosis. Image courtesy of MartinPutz, Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Joel Kontinen Some animal rights activists seem to think that chimpanzee...

Image courtesy of Conty, Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0). Joel Kontinen In 2003, palaeontologists from the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Illinois unearthed a dinosaur they thought looked like a tiny cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex. Half the size...

Darwin did not teach us to be good. Joel Kontinen Animals often eat others instead of helping them, though we can occasionally see glimpses of a very different kind of world that reminds us of the Garden of Eden. Seen against this background,...

Plenty of water but perhaps not enough for Noah’s Ark. Image courtesy of Fanghong, Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Joel Kontinen According to a Chinese legend, a devastating Yellow River flood “forced people from their homes and washed away...

Jonathan Carroll’s novels are always thought-provoking. My reading patterns tend to be driven by book sales and secondhand stores since my reading vice is particularly aggressive. The Ghost in Love is now already years in my past, but I found ̷...

Image courtesy of Nobu Tamura, Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0). Joel Kontinen According to the biblical worldview, the Earth was once a perfect place until the first humans rebelled against God’s explicit commandment. The dire consequences of...

Charles Darwin’s shadow in Verdun. Image courtesy of Ketounette, Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0). Joel Kontinen We should not be surprised by the recent spate of violence and killings in France, Turkey, Germany, Syria and Afghanistan. Often...

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Rituals rely on unchanging circumstances. When we attended a grocery store that was not our usual one my ritual was challenged. First I have to confess (as is appropriate for a ritual): I am no foodie. Having grown up in … Continue reading U...

One of the unexpected consequences of Christian theology is the ongoing insistence in science that human beings are qualitatively different from other animals. Actually, it goes back to the Hebrew Bible and the concept of “the image of God.” As &...

Noah and his ark have been in the news quite a bit over the past several months. A friend recently shared a story on American News X about Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter, soon to open in Kentucky. It may be … Continue reading →...

Noah and his ark have been in the news quite a bit over the past several months. A friend recently shared a story on American News X about Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter, soon to open in Kentucky. It may be … Continue reading →...

A lioness in India. Image courtesy of Rupal Vaidya, Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0). Joel Kontinen On a farm in Russian Dagestan, a lioness runs after a flock of sheep. But instead of having them for dinner, Mashka rounds them up. She herds them l...

Yoga Hosers (2016) Directed By Kevin Smith Starring Johnny Depp, Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, Adam Brody, Justin Long, Natasha Lyonne, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, Tony Hale, Ralph Garman, Tony Hale, Harley Morenstein,...

“In the beginning God…” “Amen.” I have been wrong before but I’m going to step out on a limb and claim that God could have stopped there. He could have told Moses to write those… Continue Reading… The post...

Provan, Iain. Discovering Genesis. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2016. 224 pp. pb; $22.   Link to Eerdmans Discovering Genesis by Iain Provan is the first Old Testament volume in Eerdmans new Discovering Biblical Texts series (Discovering Matthew...

Provan, Iain. Discovering Genesis. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2016. 224 pp. pb; $22.   Link to Eerdmans Discovering Genesis by Iain Provan is the first Old Testament volume in Eerdmans new Discovering Biblical Texts series (Discovering Matthew...

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Abraham: The Story of a Life. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2015. 256 pp. Pb; $29.   Link to Eerdmans In this book, Joseph Blenkinsopp offers what he calls a “discursive commentary” on Genesis 12-22, the life of Abraham. I...

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Abraham: The Story of a Life. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2015. 256 pp. Pb; $29.   Link to Eerdmans In this book, Joseph Blenkinsopp offers what he calls a “discursive commentary” on Genesis 12-22, the life of Abraham. I...

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