Right not a special privilege
Category: Catholicism
Wise Words On Wednesday: Worry
Mary In Scripture
Ever wondered why Catholics make such a big deal about Mary? Why is she called “The New Eve”, “The New Ark” and “Queen of Heaven”? Is that in Scripture? All these questions are answered in the following 11-minute video:
(Thanks to Recovered Catholic for this one)
The Gospels and language
As we all know, theology always sounds better in an English accent. Below is a video of Dr. Peter Williams,Warden of Tyndale House, giving a lecture on the historicity of the Gospels.
In his lecture he looks at some of the details of the Gospels, such as names and places, and he does a little bit of statistical analysis.
“Theology and statistics?!” I hear you cry?
Wonderful, isn’t it?
Enjoy.
Mark Hart
Just in case you’ve never encountered him, you should know about Mark Hart, “The Bible Geek”:
Mark Hart is the Vice President for LifeTeen, as well as being an author and speaker. A lot of his material is geared towards teenagers, but I’d say that his content is also perfect for adults.
Personally, I’m subscribed to his podcast “Sunday, Sunday, Sunday” which discusses the Sunday Mass Readings and it’s one of the resources I use it to help me to write my lectionary notes.
A nice conversation about killing small children
Last week at Theology On tap we had Cy Kellett spoke to us on “Voting Your Conscience” and during the Q&A he mentioned Peter Singer, the Professor of Bioethics at Princeton.
I wonder if some people present thought that Cy was exaggerating when he described some of the opinions held by this chap. Well, thanks to Aggie Catholics, I’d invite you to watch the video below without gasping in horror at some of the things said in his interview with Richard Dawkins…
(Unfortunately, this wasn’t the original video I shared – the one before had Dawkins praising Singer for being “the most moral person I know”)
If you watch the uncut version of the interview, Dawkins begins the interview with the accolade “Peter, I think you must be one of the most moral people in the world…”….wow…kyrie eleison.
Confession Time
My phone beeped at me yesterday to remind me to get to Confession this weekend…
(Thanks to Brandon Vogt for this one)