Category Archives: Bible

The Author of Hebrews Discovered At Last!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

I’ve got to admit, I’d have never suspected William Butler Yeats, but if you can’t trust the New York Times, who can you trust? He welcomed visitors with large-print messages on the walls. “Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they … Continue reading →

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Basic Christian Decency 101

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:34-35) Just sayin’. Share this: Digg this … Continue reading →

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Gigantic November 2011 Biblical Studies Carnival

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Did I say “gigantic”? It’s practically brobdingnagian!  Go see for yourself at Remnant of Giants. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend

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The Sermon that Might Have Been

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Touching (and heartbreaking) story from Chaplain Mike: At the very beginning of the pastor’s message, these thoughts came to me. If what I just described had been the sermon, in my view it would have faithfully represented a plain and … Continue reading →

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Is the Sermon on the Mount Gospel?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

I think I already knew this, but I’m glad Scot McKnight expressed it so well: Here Jesus rises to the mountain — surely an echo of Moses giving the Torah from Mt Sinai — to reveal God’s will for God’s … Continue reading →

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Every Church Has Its Thing

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Why isn’t the thing love? If I study my Bible every day and have private devotions, but have not love, I am nothing. If I tithe to the church, and support good charities, but have not love, I gain nothing. … Continue reading →

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Jesus Didn’t Teach What the NT Says about Him—But So What?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Interesting thought from Larry Hurtado about unexplored premises in Historical Jesus study: [B]oth sides have subscribed to a common premise, which goes something like this:  If a serious difference can be shown between what Jesus himself taught (especially what he … Continue reading →

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November Biblical Studies Carnival

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Tom Verenna has the hosting duties for this month, and his November Carnival (featuring posts from October) is scarily good. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend

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Random Cool Stuff

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

On Tweaking the Soterian Gospel. Scott McKnight explains why you can’t just tack “story” onto the traditional “transactional” (my word) “plan of salvation” and call it “the gospel.” D. A. Carson on the difference between a “boundary-bounded” and a “center-bounded” … Continue reading →

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Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

“Professor says Adam’s sin was failure to lead” “The beginning of God’s curse on Adam indicated that he fell because he heeded the voice of his wife, which contradicted God’s established order and represented the first biblical example of abandonment … Continue reading →

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