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Indiana Jones move over: A real blockbuster find in biblical archeology
By
David Gibson
Fascinating story just moved by The New York Times on a stone tablet which apparently came from the Dead Sea area and speaks of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days…and it is dated to decades before the time of Jesus. Many questions to be sure, but this doesn’t sound like…
Dropping a bomb on his way out: Archbishop Burke and the case of Sister Louise
By
David Gibson
If nothing else, the recently promoted (some would say “kicked upstairs) former archbishop of St. Louis, Raymond Leo Burke, at least has a sense of timing. Just before he was named to St. Louis in late 2003, then-Bishop Burke of LaCrosse, WI, barred popular Democratic congressman David Obey and another pro-choice Catholic legislator from receiving…
For Independence Day, an independent woman
By
David Gibson
Via the valuable resources of Christian History, a remarkable story that seemed remarkably apropos not only because of the holiday, but because “Mulan” has recently become the flavor of the day DVD in our house… The Revolutionary War was supported by most Baptist men and at least one Baptist woman! In 1782 Massachusetts Baptist Deborah…
The newest Popemobile?
By
David Gibson
“Funky” and “Pope Benedict XVI” generally aren’t found in the same news item, but they are in this CNS blog post about the pontiff receiving a gift of a pair of Piaggio Ape-Calessino three-wheel, two-stroke putt-putt of the sort that buzz (“ape” means bee in Italian) through Roman crowds–or over your piede. Apparently the vehicles…
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