We ranked #14 in the Biblioblog rankings for the month of May continuing our slide further and further away from the top. 

Also, this month’s Biblioblog Carnival is available thank to Joel Watts over at Unsettled Christianity.

- Bruce Reyes-Chow writes on “pastoral transitions in a social media world”.

- Jeff Garner has posted some resources from the recent DISCIPLE! event in San Francisco.

- Tim Challies explains why even after John Piper’s recent interview with Rick Warren he thinks Warren deserves critique.

- Kurt Willems shares a video where N.T. Wright tells us what makes him angry and then asks what makes you angry.

- Tony Campolo proposes “a possible compromise on the gay marriage controversy“. (HT)

- Learn the differences between Protestant and Catholic graduates.

- Enter Philosophy Talk’s Conundrum Contest.

- Fred Sanders reviews Timothy Ward’s Words of Life. 

- Scott Lencke discusses the final form of the OT canon. Ray Hollenbach speaks of our “personal canon”.

- John Hobbins takes “another look at Gen. 11″.

- Matthew Malcom asks if 1 Cor. 15 confirms or denies the empty tomb tradition.

- Chris Reese shares a thought on the identity of God.

- Michael Barber posts his third installment from his series on how Catholics understand the saints.

- W. Travis McMaken gives us part two of his investigation into how Augustine and the Donatists viewed baptism.

- Peter Enns posts part three of his series on how Wesleyanism has understood evolution.

- Marc Cortez lists five things everyone agrees upon in the free will debate.

- Michael Gorman connects the death of Christ with the death of nationalism.

- Daniel Kirk rethinks Rom. 13.

- Andrew Jones wants to know what you would do with the Crystal Cathedral.

- Bitsy Griffin would like your feedback as she prepares to address the subject of closing the achievement gap.

- Jim DeYoung’s eighth post on Love Wins is available.

- Nick Norelli reviews Greg Boyd’s Oneness Pentecostals and the Trinity.

- Kevin Brown moves to Corinthians as he continues to look at Jesus and Creation here.

- Larry Garcia summarizes the Book of Revelation here.

- Ryan Collins asks “who is YHWH”? here.

- T.C. Robinson labels 2011 “the year of hell” here.

- Rachel Evans begins a series on “the search for a better conversation about biblical womanhood” here and continues it here.

- Elizabeth of WIT continues her series on “weight, food, and God” here.

- Michael J. Gorman provided some suggestions for how to preach during Memorial Day Weekend here. If you goofed up this year and promoted civil religion, well, there is always next time.

- Roger Olson tells us when Christian civil disobedience may be necessary here.

- Don Sweeting reflect on “worship and justice in a messed up world” here.

- Nijay Gupta writes a bit on Tim Gombis’ The Drama of Ephesians here.

- Bobby Grow previews his forthcoming book on “Evangelical Calvinism” here.

- Ray Hollenbach ponders why Jesus didn’t go straight to heaven after the resurrection here.

- T.C. Robinson addresses God’s sovereignty in light of natural disasters here.

- Bobby Grow lists the various strands of Calvinism here.

- Kevin DeYoung thinks theologically about Memorial Day here.

- Dan Martin says we shouldn’t display the nation’s flag in the sanctuary here. I concur!

- Roger Olson explains American Christianity here.

- Marc Cortez tells us about eleven things we shouldn’t have to learn from mega churches here.

- Chris Ritter explains the gospel of Oprah here.

- Jim DeYoung’s sixth entry on Love Wins is available here.

The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):

James K. Beilby and Paul Rhodes Eddy, eds.
The Historical Jesus: Five Views
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7322
Reviewed by Pieter F. Craffert

Corrine L. Carvalho
Encountering Ancient Voices: A Guide to Reading the Old Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7444
Reviewed by Achim Mueller

Jeremy Corley, ed.
New Perspectives on the Nativity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7568
Reviewed by Mark R. C. Grundeken

Thomas B. Dozeman, ed.
Methods for Exodus
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7597
Reviewed by Brian D. Russell

Yael S. Feldman
Glory and Agony: Isaac’s Sacrifice and National Narrative
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7778
Reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

Norman K. Gottwald; Rebecca J. Kruger Gaudino, ed.
The Hebrew Bible: A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7197
Reviewed by David M. Maas

Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski, eds.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception: Volume 1: Aaron-Aniconism
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7995
Reviewed by Christoph Stenschke

Laura Nasrallah and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, eds.
Prejudice and Christian Beginnings: Investigating Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Early Christianity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7341
Reviewed by Hal Taussig

Raymond F. Person
The Deuteronomic History and the Book of Chronicles: Scribal Works in an Oral World
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7736
Reviewed by Frank H. Polak

Jerome T. Walsh
Old Testament Narrative: A Guide to Interpretation
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7527
Reviewed by John E. Anderson

Let us know what you think of our new look! 

- Nick Norelli shares an insight into Israel’s first exodus in Abraham here.

- Brian Fulthorp shares a quote from Bruce Waltke on Israel here.

- W. Travis McMaken takes another look how North African Christianity has understood baptism. This time he discusses Augustine and the Donatists here.

- Aaron Rathburn takes a look at “logocentrism among the evangelicals” here.

- Tim Keller warns against speaking with contempt here.

- Nick Norelli asks how sin entered “through one man” here.

- James Tucker says we should interpret biblical texts, but which text ones? here.

- Kevin Brown prepares to learn theological German here.

- Marc Cortez shares five things he learned about publishing here.

- James Wilder imagines out loud what God could do in the city of San Francisco here.

- Jim DeYoung continues with part five of his review of Love Wins here.

- Nijay Gupta reviews Richard Longnecker’s Introducing Romans here.

- W. Travis McMaken continues his series on how the North African church has understood baptism here.

- James Tucker comments “on the nature of ‘correct interpretation’” here.

- Peter Enns continues his series on how Wesleyans have understood evolution here.

- Roger Olson explains why he can’t give up the label “evangelical” here.

- Rachel Held Evans reminds us that the best way to learn about other faiths is to do so from the people who actually practice them here.

- Ray Hollenbach asks if intellect is overrated here.

- Kevin Brown reviews Geza Vermes The Nativity-History and Legend here.