'Net Stuff

Some theological items I've found recently around Our Friend Mr. Internet.

Gender Roles: here's an interesting blog post about Galatians 3:28 from a complementarian perspective, with numerous comments from an egalitarian, joined by more complementarians, and more egalitarians. The discussion is civil and respectful (mostly), and will be enjoyed by koine Greek readers. (Which I'm not, but still...) It serves as a good introduction to the major interpretive questions surrounding this and other key NT texts, as well as to some of the most common research sources.

Slavery in the South: a monograph co-written by Reformed pastor, classical education advocate, and Federal Vision impresario Doug Wilson. Just discovered it today, and haven't read it myself yet. Outrageous? Un-PC? Embarrassing? Correct?

Oh, that wacky Worldwide Church of God! What will they think of next? Here's "The Surprising God Blog". Let's start with the blog title: I think it's supposed to refer to the bloggers finding God's gracious ways surprising, but grammatically it could just as well scan as how the blog itself is surprising ("you won't believe our new blog!"). Or even better, that the blog is about "surprising" God by sneaking up behind Him. Anyway, it's a "Christ-centered theology" blog for WCG pastors, and others who meet the Orwellian anonymous comment-submission requirements in the right-hand margin. (WCG alumni will feel right at home) Heavy on Barth and Torrance, of course, plus a new theologian du jour Robert Farrar Capon, who appears to be in favor due to his quasi-universalism.

Parlez-Vous "Prairie Muffin"? This manifesto will challenge your views of Christian womanhood on many levels.

Have fun!

Here's to You, Mr. Jean Shorts Inventor

Today's Internet find: mp3s of all those Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" radio ads from two or three years ago!

People insisted that jeans were just pants - but apparently those people underestimated your out-of-the-box thinking. Fashionable enough for a barbeque, formal enough for a family reunion, your multidimensional creation handles both duties with ease. And what should we call your groundbreaking achievement? How about, "jorts"?