Random Notes

I'm reading and will soon write a review of The Shroud: I paid three dollars for the Kindle version, and I mean to get at least a blog-entry out of it since I can't decently ask for my money back.  I was asked by a colleague whether I liked my Kindle yesterday, and I had to reply that it has the disadvantage that I can't hurl The Shroud against the wall.

This morning I read this blog-entry, which I pass on to RipChurch readers.  The blog-site is directed primarily at Armstrongism and its excesses, but the entry calls on people sitting in the pews to put a price on preaching that's stupid, vain, and pernicious.

Hey.  Nothing brings change like bad ratings.

Anyway, it's an if-the-shoe-fits-wear-it kind of thing, full of caricatures that are unfortunately too often true.  There's a very funny, painful, and poignant analysis of Mrs. Benny Hinn's sermon collapse, and a terrific jab at Pat Robertson's bizarre behavior.

I've made a few additions and polishes to yesterday's entry on The Historical Adam, including a mention of Wheaton College's statement of faith.

Finally, by popular (?) demand, the Facebook Version of Riparian Church is now functional again. 

Critical Readings and Wrong Turns: The Restored Church of God

This is just ego, sanctified, really. The self and its opinions, so long as you call it "biblical interpretation" or "right doctrine," make a fine god of the self.

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