Volunteers Wanted to Transcribe Texts in Search of 'Lost Gospels'

"Thousands of volunteers are needed to help transcribe two million segments of ancient Greek writings in a bid to find the next 'lost gospel,' researchers at the University of Oxford said. Some 200,000 segments of the ancient papyri, found in Egypt, were uploaded to the website www.ancientlives.org -- and now volunteers are needed to transcribe the Greek letters using character-recognition tools."

Interview with Max Lucado on Pastoral Authority

"His latest book, Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions (Nelson, 2010), is a series of questions and answers gleaned from his years at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. Drew Dyck talked with Max about responding to tough questions and the best uses of a pastor's authority."

Study: Wind May Have Helped Moses Part Red Sea

"In a computer model, Drews was able to simulate what might have happened at the Red Sea just before Moses started a journey that lasted for 40 years. After modeling a body of water that resembled the waters trapping Moses and the Israelites, Drews enforced the laws of physics and applied a wind stress to the water body."

Religion Benefits Traumatic Brain Injury

"If traumatic brain injury victims feel close to a higher power, it can help them rehabilitate, U.S. researchers found."

The Rise of Moderate Islam

"With their oppressors gone, moderate Islamists are now in the ascendancy within the Brotherhood. They vastly outnumber the extremists, and in the emerging democracy, this gives them power. They are setting the agenda. . ."

Ireland Unveils New Report on Catholic Child Abuse

"A new investigation into the Catholic Church's chronic cover-up of child abuse found Wednesday that a rural diocese and its bishop ignored Irish church rules requiring all suspected molestation cases to be reported to police — and the Vatican encouraged this concealment."

In Israel, Diggers Unearth Site of Philistines

"The city of Gath, where the annual digging season began this week, is helping scholars paint a more nuanced portrait of the Philistines, who appear in the biblical story as the perennial enemies of the Israelites."

Top Evangelical, Catholic, and Mainline Bodies Issue Evangelism Rules

"Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, and Roman Catholic leaders convened Tuesday in Geneva to announce the release of a historic document on the ethics of Christian evangelism."

Mark Noll Article - "So You're a Baptist--"

Mark Noll Article - "So You're a Baptist--"

2,000-Year-Old Priestly Burial Box Is Real, Archaeologists Say

"Israeli scholars say they have confirmed the authenticity of a 2,000-year-old burial box bearing the name of a relative of the high priest Caiaphas of the New Testament."