A core principle of the backlash against the social messaging service Twitter—or are we up to the backlash against the anti-backlash now?—is that shorter messages are dumber messages. Twitter constrains messages to a mere 140 characters, and critics say it just puts another dent in our insect-like attention spans, and our ability to think and [...]

Is there a “secret gospel” that tells the real story of Christianity? There’s not just one “lost gospel”; there are many contenders to that title, most of them describing alternate versions of Jesus and his teachings. None of these “lost gospels” poses a real threat to Christian belief, but that doesn’t stop us all from [...]

I first started thinking about this post last year during Advent, but I think it’s still relevant now as we look ahead a few months to Easter.  We know Advent is a time of longing for the fulfillment of God’s promises, and baby Jesus is gift we celebrate with an eye toward his death and [...]

A very cool video from Glocal Christianity:

What are other innovative ways you’ve seen the story of the Bible told?

About every couple of months it seems like some hip new way of presenting God’s Word hits the streets. It’s often billed as the most relevant translation ever created and it often makes a lot of Christians groan. So, why then do we always need more versions? Because everyone is different, and despite the Bible’s [...]

There’s a good discussion going on over at Internet Monk around the question “How much can the Bible do alone?” Michael Spencer observes the emphasis that evangelicals put on mass Bible distribution and suggests that this is a focus that sets them apart from other branches of Christianity.
I think most of us would agree that [...]

The Pope kicked off a weeklong reading of the Bible yesterday:
RAI state TV began its program called “The Bible Day and Night,” with Benedict reciting the first chapter of the book of Genesis—the holy text’s opening verses about the creation of the world.
The marathon will feature more than 1,200 people reading the Old and New [...]

The story of the Kuduk Bible translation has been nagging at my mind this week. According to reports, this translation so offended the people of the Indian province of Jharkhand that people were rioting in the streets, debating it hotly in the political assembly and the local Bible Society quickly responded by apologizing and removing [...]

We asked you last week to vote and tell us which Biblical languages, if any, you’ve studied. Here’s how the results broke down:
40% of you have studied Greek. This was a pleasant surprise, and suggests that many of our readers are pastors or church leaders. Or just really smart. (Or both.)
Coming in at second place [...]

The Midlands College and Divinity School Blog talks about some of the roadblocks he faces in convincing his Chinese friends to use a newer better translation of the bible:
over the last ten years I have tried and failed to encourage numerous Chinese friends to make use of the recent and much superior Chinese New Version [...]