Blog of the Week A Physicist's Perspective -- David Mobley, a postdoctoral researcher in biophysics, consistently has an interesting take on topics ranging from theology to intelligent design. Check out his latest posts on a brief challenge for those studying theology, Intelligent Design and converting to Christianity, and the evolution of murder.

Book Blogging -- Tom Neven, the Senior Editor at Plugged In magazine (and a fellow Marine) has a new Christian worldview book for teens and young adults called Do Fish Know They’re Wet?

Lost Soul -- Since I started blogging, Steve Bainbridge has been one of my favorite bloggers. Although he’s a former evangelical who crossed the Tiber to join the Papists, I’ve held out hope that he might someday return to our side of the river. After seeing this post, though, I see that all hope is lost. In a entry about about how computer programmers are using automated bots for online poker, Steve wrote:

The geeks are breaking the rules in order to make money off other players who are playing within the rules. If that's not cheating, what is it? Theft? Lying? In my book, the geeks writing these bots are showing the same piratical attitude that caused the computer industry to lead the league in financial fraud during the tech bubble. It's bad enough that the bot creators feel no shame, but the willingness of others to condone this sort of misbehavior is a sad commentary on the state of ethics and common decency.

My own sordid experiences as a unregenerate gambler prevents me from casting judgement. But when you can defend the ethics and common decency of gambling you know you’ve shaken off the last vestiges of evangelicalism. (Sure you can be an evangelical and gamble just as you can be a Baptist and drink beer. But you also have to feel guilty about it. That’s definitely a requirement.)

Thou Shalt Not Display -- The Supreme Court is reportedly on the verge of handing down a historic ruling on the display of the Ten Commandments. While it’s probably too late, I think the court should turn the issue over to the state legislatures. I would, however, add one proviso: only legislators who can recite the commandments by heart can vote to keep the display. (Of course, anyone who knows the commandments by memory wouldn’t need the display, would they?) (HT: Conservative Eyes)

Adam's Understanding -- Keith Plummer has an interesting exchange with an atheist on the problem of evil.

The Blogdom of God -- UK blogger Adrian Warnock has collected a list of over two and half thousand(!) Christian blogs. He wants to make sure that he doesn’t leave anyone out, though, so if you have a Christian blog make sure that you are on one of his numerous rolls.

Who Do You Say That I Am? -- The Virgin Queen claims that Jesus Christ was sent to redeem the world, that he was Divine, and that his suffering paid for the sins of mankind. Many of her readers were shocked by those claims. Why?

It is very simple: I am a Jew. I believe the above statements to be true, but I am not a Christian. I have nothing to do with Jews for Jesus. However, as I became closer with many people whose lives have been transformed, the questions began to bother me and I found myself investigating them.