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Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss British trivia shows, the concept of literacy in the ancient world, what accent Jesus might have had, and whether we now have historical proof of the prophet Isaiah.

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• QI : Quite Interesting
• What language did Jesus speak? Was he illiterate?
• Isaiah’s Signature Uncovered in Jerusalem – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Did Archaeologists Just Prove the Existence of Prophet Isaiah?
• Why “Isaiah” of the Isaiah Bulla is not the Prophet Isaiah | Remnant of Giants

Dr. Thomas Whitely and The Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss wearing Clerical Collars every day, our country's normalized hermeneutic of violence, and a new podcast.

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• Our Moloch | by Garry Wills | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books
• Amazon.com: ExOfficio Give-N-Go Tee: Sports & Outdoors
• Geek Testament

My advice is that American Christians have much bigger issues to concern themselves with than whether or not they can reconcile Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday, so stop taking yourself so seriously…

On Feb. 14, many Christians face a dilemma as they try to reconcile their faith with the traditional celebrations of romantic love. How exactly do you observe Valentine’s Day on the day Lent begins, marking the season of atonement leading up to Easter?

Can you be a believer and still celebrate with champagne and chocolate?

Source: Valentine’s Day 2018: Celebrate Ash Wednesday without sacrificing faith — Quartz

Here’s a post from the New York Times entitled “Eat, Pray, Love: An Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day Dilemma“.

Dr. Thomas J. Whitley and The Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss beards, Life on Mars, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's hiring policy (and past, present, future).

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• Elon Musk shares the epic last photo of ‘Starman’ in the red Tesla he shot into space
• PERSONAS – Illumination Project
• CBF moderator says proposed LGBTQ hiring policy meets Fellowship Baptists ‘where they are’ – Baptist News Global

“He wondered what aliens might think if they ever came across the Roadster drifting through space. After all, SpaceX packed other weird items in the car, among them a small toy Hot Wheels Roadster (complete with a miniature Starman) on the dashboard.

“Maybe [it will be] discovered by an alien race, thinking, ‘What were these guys doing? Did they worship this car? Why do they have a little car in the car?'” Musk said. “That will really confuse them.”‘

Source: Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Is Headed to the Asteroid Belt

This has made for a fun morning with our many client sites that are running WordPress…

In an unfortunate turn of events, WordPress 4.9.3 was released earlier this week and it included a bug which broke WordPress auto-update. Millions of sites auto-updated from 4.9.2 to WordPress 4.9.3 and it broke their ability to auto-update in the future.

via Wordfence

Dr. Thomas Whitley and The Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss toxic masculinity and compare Trump with Jesus, Apple's woes, and voice assistants.

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Dr. Thomas J. Whitley and The Rev. Samuel B. Harrelson play HQ Trivia and go to The Good Place to discuss Squab Goals.

“My name is Kierkegaard and my writing is impeccable. Check out my teleological suspension of the ethical.”

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• Megan Amram on Twitter: “here’s an abridged version of the full list of food puns i turned in with my first draft of tonight’s #TheGoodPlace episode… https://t.co/7WVFZDd8Fs”
• HQ – Live Trivia Game Show on the App Store
• Crane Game Toreba on the App Store
• Lost | Lostpedia | FANDOM powered by Wikia
• The Good Place – NBC.com

Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss quantum hacks, the evolution of reality TV and its impact on our Gen X lives, and why 2020 will be a different political landscape than 2016.

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• Thinking Religion is creating Podcasts | Patreon
• Roderick on the Line – Merlin Mann
• Explaining Meltdown with parallel worlds, libraries, and a bank heist – The Verge
• Oprah Winfrey 2020? These scandals might work against her. – The Washington Post

Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss the Bomb Cyclone, The Myth of Progress, The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, Lectionaries and conflating Gospels, and the need for a new political dialogue in our country.

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• How “Natives” Think: About Captain Cook, For Example, Sahlins
• The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific: Gananath Obeyesekere: 9780691057521: Amazon.com: Books
• Common Prayer Pocket Edition: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals: Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: 9780310335061: Amazon.com: Books
• Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture – InterVarsity Press
• Perspectives on the Constitution: A Republic, If You Can Keep It – National Constitution Center
• Church Over Coffee: Episode 9: Bryson Smith