I wish I had a suntan; I wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine

• Against expository preaching
• Paul Griffiths on Christian principles concerning peace and violence
• And a response by Halden
• A post on Bart Ehrman and Stephen Colbert, and another one on parenthood, from a new(ish) Duke faculty blog
  
• A very thoughtful response to R. R. Reno's ranking of American theology programs
• No, Jesus is not likable
• Public theology before another god
• Mike Bird is planning to write a NT theology, and he has uploaded a manifesto outlining his approach
• Speaking of NT theology, I've been checking out Ben Witherington's new 850-page volume, and it looks very good
  
• A new Brill series in systematic theology
• Some nice audio theology books
• Paul Tillich on video
• A sweet video introduction to Karl Barth: Jesus loves you, and keep your pipe lit
• Speaking of which, no words can describe the awesomeness of this satirical treatise: A Theology of Pipe Smoking