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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Evangelical Catholicity—or Was That Catholic Evangelicalism?
Michael Byrd shares a very nice quotation from Kevin Vanhoozer: “Catholicity” signifies the church as the whole people of God, spread out over space, across cultures, and through time. “We believe in one … catholic church.” The evangelical unity of … Continue reading
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Emails to a Student 4
Katherine, You write, 4) How can we know, as Christians, that we should put out faith in any part of the Bible? The old testament writings are sometimes historically inaccurate, contradictory of itself, and have many sources and translations; in the … Continue reading
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Myth, Epic, and History
John Hobbins offers a nice primer for telling the three apart in his post, “There are (no) myths in the Bible.” As I strive in explain to my students, these three terms refer to particular literary genres, and it is … Continue reading
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Emails to a Student 3
Katherine, You write: 2) Are other prophecy sections in the Bible ex eventu prophecy? This is a subject of some debate. Many would point to the predictions in the Gospels of the impending destruction of the temple (see Lk 21:20ff.) … Continue reading
Emails to a Student 2
Katherine, You write: 1) Job, Esther, and Daniel are all supposed to be fictional characters right? Is there anything else in the Old Testament that isn’t historically accurate, or are all the Writing just stories and legends? And if so much … Continue reading
Emails to a Student 1
On the first or second day of class I always tell students there are, broadly, three ways of reading the Bible. First, you can read it in a personal or individualistic way. We might call this devotional reading: just me … Continue reading
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Will the Real "Liberals" Please Stand Up
If I were betting I’d bet that Jim Somerville doesn’t practice glossolalia. I’m quite certain, however, that he understands what the Bible says about it. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell … Continue reading
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Hey, Mennonites (and Baptists and Catholics and Pentecostals….), Go to Hell!
Greg Boyd: “I Told Mennonites to ‘Go to Hell’ (and they liked it!).” My kind of preacher. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
My Problem Is, I'm Just too Orthodox
Which is only a problem because I grew up in, and continue to identify with, a spiritual tradition that has often settled for homodoxy instead. Fortunately, here in the heart of central Georgia is a Baptist church that is at … Continue reading
Posted in +Apostles' Teaching, +The Prayers, Mere Catholicity, Theology
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Moses Talked Funny, but at Least He Might Have Been in His Right Mind
Claude Mariottini has written a couple of interesting posts, pondering whether Moses had a cleft lip and/or was left-handed. The verdict on both questions is “not enough evidence,” but the reasoning process, and especially the midrashic material in Claude’s second … Continue reading
