Read it, but haven't watched this. Is it definitely a reference? I assume so, but sometimes these things disappoint you.

That's fair, but I have to admit I dislike his public persona and the way he (for lack of a better term) markets his work. The work itself can be (and often is) responsible, but his statements on its meaning and significance are often not.

True enough.

http://benwitherington.blog…

Sermon on the Mount IS…. MY….. SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!

It has been my experience that most commentators (conservative and critical) have very limited notions of what "context" is.

Ehrman is a popularizing hack. There are much better higher-critical sources, even if you (like me) disagree with the higher-critical school.

It would be a bit awkward for the medieval Catholics to blame the crucifixion on the Romans, seeing as… you know, the Pope…

Others don't believe that the pre-Incarnation saints were ever in some underworld. The idea is only attested in extra-canonical sources.

Audrey looks like Jack from Mass Effect. I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but it… kind of… works. For me, anyway.

I like to think he stumbled into an experimental theater piece. The audience and the janitor were both actors- Chang, the unwitting audience.

It works on so many levels!

To be fair, eight grams is actually pretty significant in terms of protein intake. Yes, it's only slightly more than an egg, but eggs are actually pretty good, disregarding the cholesterol.

That is wrong on both counts:
A.) "Fundamentalism" is almost exclusively Dispensationalist, which is sometimes combined with "Calvinism" in a narrow, incorrect sense (i.e., predestination) but is much more frequently Arminian, and certainly never Calvinist in the full sense of Calvinist-Reformed (which includes vastly…

The dream of the '90s is alive… in Portland.

Q: What is the sound of one man mentally masturbating?
A: Whatever this concert ends up sounding like.

"Sauerkrautsangst."

AV Club uses helping verbs and conjunctions in its headlines. 'S how I tell the difference.

Bobby Moynihan saying "You fucked the shit out of this bread" made me absolutely lose my shit.

Definitely Peter. That lovable moron.