Jollyblogger on Chronicles of Narnia

Jollyblogger takes a look at issues surrounding Disney’s production of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Dan Rather Quotes

Dan Rather reports the news in a “fair balanced fasion,” or does he?

31 Days of Wisdom

Tim Challies has started a series he calls “31 Days of Wisdom (2005)”. On each of the 31 days in March he plans to study one chapter of Proverbs.

GodBlogCon 2005

A Christian Blogging Conference is planned for October 13–15 in California. More details can be found here.

Extreme Christianity

Swap Blog ponders the concept of Extreme Christianity as a lifestyle.

The Inerrancy Of Scripture

Now that Tim Challies of Challies.com has recovered from his cold, he has begun to address the inerrancy of scripture. This is yet another must read by Tim.

The Religious Life Of Teens

A book to be released next week gives the results of a 4 year study which shows that religion matters to more teens than ever, but their knowledge of God is sorely lacking. You can read more about it here.

Update On Terri Shiavo

Terri has been granted another temporary reprieve on the attempts to take her life. Make sure to keep up with the latest developments at BlogsForTerri. The web site has also just added the ability to make donations via PayPal to cover advertising to spread the truth about Terri’s situation.

More On Is The TNIV Good News?

Yesterday I noted that Mark D. Roberts had a six part series on the TNIV controversy. I was wrong. At this point the series is now up to 8 posts with more to come. So far, he hasn’t significantly touched on the TNIV translation itself. Rather he has been discussing the wide variety of translations available and difficulties which are inherent in translating from Greek and Hebrew to English.

Christian Carnival

Wallo World is hosting this week’s Christian Carnival which highlights some truly fine writing.

Vox Apologia VI: Biotechnology

Every Though Captive has posted the results of the latest Vox Apologia. This week’s topic is on biotechnology. I must admit that I expected a wide variety of posts ranging from bioethics to how biotech confirms the creation account. Even though the official “deadline” has passed, Phil might still be willing to add links to relevant posts if you have one.

Screwtape Speaks Again

Joshua at RazorsKiss borrows the character of Screwtape from C. S. Lewis to write this excellent scathing response to a “good is evil/evil is good” comment posted on the evangelical outpost. In “The Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis, the character of Screwtape is a demon who writes letters to his nephew Wormwood on the art and techniques of deceiving humans to separate them from God. Joshua has done an excellent job of using the style. But I think his best work related to the post appears in the comments where he responds to mumon:

If you think that subjectivism is “true” Christianity - you are gravely, gravely, mistaken. Christianity is dyed-in-the-wool objectivism - which believes in absolute, proposition truth as given by the Triune God through the Word of God, the Bible. Any deviation from that Word is error.
So, please tell me where I’m “straying” from historical, biblical, foundational, fundamental Christianity?

By denying and denigrating the subjective, they deny and denigrate the very authority - theirs- to accept the premise of Christianity.

No, by denying and denigrating any breath of subjectivism within the Church, we defend and support what the Bible says is the only Truth. There is no subjective moral truth. All moral Truth is given from God, and there is no other.

(The original comment by DarkSyd is located here.)

Is The TNIV Good News?

Mark D. Roberts takes a look at the controversy generated by the new TNIV translation in a six part series. Along the way, he discusses the difficulties of doing a good translation. His explanation about translating makes the series a worthwhile read even if the TNIV controversy doesn’t interest you.

The History Of The English Bible

Bible.org has an excellent 4 part series on the history of English translations of the Bible.

I found the following quote from the last paragraph to be particularly ironic given the Screwtape post mentioned above:

The enemy of the gospel now is not religious hierarchy but moral anarchy, not tradition but entertainment. The enemy of the gospel is Protestantism run amock; it is an anti-intellectual, anti-knowledge, feel-good faith that has no content and no convictions. Part of the communal repentance that is needed is a repentance about the text. And even more importantly, there must be a repentance with regard to Christ our Lord. Just as the Bible has been marginalized, Jesus Christ has been ‘buddy-ized.’ His transcendence and majesty are only winked at, as we turn him into the genie in the bottle, beseeching God for more conveniences, more luxury, less hassle, and a life without worries or lack of comfort. He no longer wears the face that the apostles recognized.

More Defense of Intelligent Design

Witt continues his excellent explanations of Intelligent Design in response to John Derbyshire over at Evolution News & Views with “Darwin, Derbyshire and the Dogma of the Gaps” and “Derbyshire VI: Behe’s Bacterial Flagellum—Still Stirring Up Trouble for Darwin’s Defenders”.

Joe Carter Has A New Job

Joe Carter of the evangelical outpost has taken on a new job for The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. Very cool!

Examining The Qur’an

Weapons Of Warfare has started a series analyzing the Qur’an, as has James White at Alpha & Omega Ministries.

The Basis For Human Rights

Imago Dei takes at look at which worldview provides the best basis for human rights in “Human Rights: Are They Best Grounded by Theism or Humanism?”

A Response To Bill Maher

Doug Powers applies Bill Maher’s “logic” to atheism in ‘Bless me, Father, for I have a neurological disorder’

Most Underreported Stories Of 2004

WorldNetDaily has posted their roundup of “The year’s 10 most underreported stories”.

What Place For God In Europe?

The Christian Science Monitor is exploring the state of religion in Europe in this 3 part series.

Top Ten Moral Issues In America

Chuck Colson has a list of the top 10 moral issues facing America.

There have been quite a few links to excellent posts accumulating in my list over the past couple of days. As a result, this Starting Lines is oversized. Sorry ‘bout that! There were just too many excellent posts which shouldn’t be ignored!

Vox Apologia: Three Governments

Wittenberg Gate has posted the results of this week’s Vox Apologia. The theme was “Three Governments: Family, Church and State”

Like A Tree Or Chaff?

The Upward Call ruminates on what Psalm 1 means when it describes the wicked as chaff in “Parched”.

A Response To Abortion Arguments

Jivin’ Jehoshaphat does an excellent job of responding to arguments for legal abortion.

Studying “The Great Evangelical Disaster”

Joshua of RazorsKiss is doing a series on Francis Schaeffer’s book, “The Great Evangelical Disaster”. He is maintaining a index to each posting in the series here.

Persecution By The “Evolution Priesthood”

Richard Sternberg, former editor of the Smithonian’s “Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington” journal, has filed a harassment complaint over his dismissal.

Of Bones And Beads

Witt of Evolution News & Views has posted an excellent explanation of why the complete lack of transitional forms in the fossil records we’ve recovered shows that Darwin’s theory is not good science.

“Self-Defense Against Sexual Sin”

Hello Infidels! recently finished posting a sermon by John MacArthur on “Self-Defense Against Sexual Sin”. The sermon is posted in 4 parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Debunking 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

If you never encountered one (or more) of the crackpot conspiracy theories which claim our own government either caused or was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, consider yourself fortunate. Those wild-eyed theorists invented, distorted or outright ignored evidence in order to promote their baseless speculations. Popular Mechanics worked with more than 300 experts and organizations to examine and debunk the 16 most persistant conspiracy theory myths about the 9/11 attacks.

Philadelpha: More Garbage

I have had the unfortunate joy of watching Philadelphia’s leadership — always a strange and questionable bunch — take a dramatic turn towards bizarre extreme leftistism in recent months by trampling free speech in their rush to support “gay pride” and now, welcoming supporters of cold blooded cop killer Abu Jamal into the mayor’s office and giving them gifts of Liberty Bells! That’s right, the birthplace of The United States of America is now openly embracing lovers of lawlessness! It seems apparent that some sort of brain eating pathogen is infecting the city. Citizens of Philly, get out while you still can!

“Rapture” Rapture

John Hinderaker explores how the false idea that Christians want to destroy the environment has developed out of absolutely nothing in “‘Rapture’ Rapture”.

Defending C.S. Lewis

Jollyblogger finds it necessary to defend C. S. Lewis.

Invalid Reasons For Believing Something

Over at Coffee Swirls, Doug McHone discusses three invalid reasons for holding a belief. Do you know why you believe the things you do?