This afternoon I received an e-mail claiming to prove that the Bible was a hoax (yawn). I clicked on the link in the e-mail and came across the site hoax-buster.org which far from containing even the smallest grain of scholarly and historical common sense, is little more than lots big coloured letters and lots of crayon drawn diagrams, which is certainly no coincidence as whoever wrote and researched (I mean 'researched' in the loosest possible sense of the meaning of the word) this site is clearly still in primary school.

The 74th Christian Carnival is up at In the Spirit of Grace. I haven't had a chance to look through everything yet but some articles that have caught the eye. Check out Gaddabout's post on Christianity and Experience, and Team Hammer's look at the origins of the bible. Diane over at Crossroads continues her look at historical revival by discussing the First Great Awakening and J A Greer also looks briefly at the the concept of natural law, revelation and modernity/postmodernity.

N T Wright's new book Scripture and the Authority of God (published March 2005) arrived today so I've been busy reading it. It's a well-argued and engaging look at issues surrounding the authority, interpretation and application of the Bible in the modern world. It builds on this lecture he gave back in 1989 (I featured it here a while ago) though the book goes into a lot more depth andI hope to review it on here in the next few days once I've finished.

In the meantime be sure to check out Andy Goodliff's post on the trinity, Scot Mcknight's criticism of the 'Four Spiritual Laws' method of evangelism (further parts here and here) and also Less Travelled has some thoughts on Karl Barth and postmodernity, amongst other things.

This week's Christian Carnival will be hosted over at In the Spirit of Grace. The Carnival is a weekly event for Christian bloggers to submit articles on that deal with anything related to Christianity. For submission guidelines go here.