theology
Cults Still Trying to Predict the End
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008A Russian doomsday cult is in the news.
Two members of the group that went underground five months ago to await the end recently emerged with a tale of two deaths among the group. Thirty-five cult members entered a cave in early November, threatening to blow up gas canisters that blocked the entrance if authorities attempted […]
In the Mail: A Letter From God?
Monday, April 7th, 2008We get lots of mail in the TPE office. We still get traditional snail mail, though a lot of people communicate via email or fax.
Today I got a six-page typewritten letter that was signed “YHWH.” Those four letters are what biblical scholars call the tetragrammaton, which simply means a four-letter word.
But the tetragrammaton is a […]
You Think Things Are Bad Today …
Friday, March 14th, 2008In recent days the news has carried the following stories:
Hair stylist shoots client in the back because she complained about her haircut.
Son shoots dad to death because he restricted his MySpace time.
Daughter, with help from lover and friends, murders her family (dad critically injured but lives) because parents disapproved of her boyfriend. (Looks like they […]
Which historic theologian are you most like?
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Click the link at the bottom of the graph to take the quiz. It’s not really a test, but a question of opinions. Here are my scores:
You scored as Anselm, Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man’s primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, […]
