Macarisms

And I thought I might have mentioned this earlier, but it would seem I haven't, but a newish blog I recommend to you is called Macarisms. Dave, it's author, was heading off to Darwin to plant a church late last year, their furniture had already gone ahead, and then he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. The blog chronicles that journey, but also includes book reviews and other things he'd like to write about at this time in his life. You should especially read this post.

We actually had a night at my church on Wednesday, at which Andrew Errington, who has a Masters in Ancient History majoring in Jewish and Hebrew, or something like that, spoke about the historicity of the gospels. It was very helpful and reassuring, especially in light of some of the rot, and just plain bad scholarship, being written by some new atheists. (I think it might have been recorded, and will link it if it is, but you can buy a little book he has written on Can we trust what the gospels say about Jesus, here.)