Bishop NT Wright driving evangelicals to Rome?

Is Bishop NT Wright responsible for driving evangelicals to Rome? Not, says Dr Michael F Bird in a fine post, Evangelicals and Catholics on his blog, Euangelion, today.

Over at CT is a piece by Colin Hansen entitled, Not All Evangelicals and Catholics Together, which points to a division among the IVCF chapter at George Washington University [...]

Halloween is anti-Christian

The Vatican has condemned Halloween as anti-Christian, saying, it is based on a ‘undercurrent of occultism’ that celebrates ‘terror, fear and death’.

The Telegraph (UK) has more,

The Holy See has warned that parents should not allow their children to dress up as ghosts and ghouls on Saturday, calling Hallowe’en a pagan celebration of “terror, fear and [...]

Ancient Egyptian grain-based pregnancy test

An ancient Egyptian grain-based pregnancy test is said to be 70% accurate by research archaeologists.

The earliest recorded pregnancy test has been found by archaeologists examining ancient Egyptian medical training documents using barley and wheat grains/seeds. The test dates from around 1350 B.C.E. Archaeologists found a hieroglyphic document that when translated described how to find out [...]

The basement of the Cairo Museum

Dr  Zahi Hawass takes us down into the basement of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The footage on this video is just brilliant!

Gosh, just how much is down in the basement of the Cairo Museum?
Dr  Zahi Hawass’s blog is here.

Roman-era cemetery uncovered near Hebron

Maan News Agency has this very short news piece,

Palestinian tourism and antiquities police uncovered Roman-era cemeteries in the town of Halhul, north of Hebron, on Thursday, according to the department’s media office.
“As the municipality of Halhul was using heavy machinery to expand the main road, a number of Roman-era graves and skeletons were found, and workers [...]

How to Worship

This is a pretty funny step by step guide.

Christians Persecuted In England!

It was bound to happen!
Watch the video here.

 

The Gospel Coalition of Blogs

I mentioned the Gospel Coalition before here. Naturally, they feature (only) those blogs which fit their Reformational thinking. There is however, some good stuff to be read there. Even prominent bloggers like Justin Taylor and Kevin De Young elected to migrated their personal blogs to the host Coalition.
Well, don’t be looking for any of them today, because this is [...]

The Aper-al Tomb and the Exodus

Dr Zahi Hawass errs on the side of caution with regards to discoveries made at the Aper-al tomb in the Saqqara region, and their relationship to the Exodus, and subsequent archaeological conclusions.

In my opinion, the Israelite Exodus from Egypt will remain a point of controversy amongst scientists and researchers until the Day of Judgment or [...]

Babylonian Seal found in Egypt

The Austrian Times is mentioning this new exciting find, by Austrian archaeologists, in Egypt.  It is said to provide proof  of  contact between the ancient Egyptians and the Babylonians. 

Austrian archaeologists have found a Babylonian seal in Egypt that confirms contact between the Babylonians and the Hyksos during the second millennium B.C.
Irene Forstner-Müller, the head of the Austrian Archaeological Institute’s [...]

Bibledex: Psalms and Amos

And still more from The University of Nottingham’s Bibledex…

The previous videos are here and here.