The Case for Liberal Evangelicals 4

Last updated on: July 31, 2006 at 4:20 am By Scot McKnight

Evolution or intelligent design, science or faith? Those are the questions that shape chp 4 of Randall Balmer’s Thy Kingdom Come. Once again, his points sharpen the debate as they create controversy. Here are his central claims: |inline Read more

The Case for Liberal Evangelicals 4

Last updated on: July 31, 2006 at 4:20 am By Scot McKnight

Prayer for the Week

Last updated on: July 30, 2006 at 4:43 am By Scot McKnight

A Blessing, from the Celtic Prayer website: Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee; all things are passing, God never changeth! Patient endurance attaineth to all things; who God possesseth in nothing is wanting; alone God sufficeth. + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Read more

I’ve been tagged by J-Marie

Last updated on: July 29, 2006 at 4:40 am By Scot McKnight

On one of the comments on my post response to Jordon Cooper, I was asked these questions by J-Marie: |inline Read more

Weekly Meanderings

Last updated on: July 29, 2006 at 4:01 am By Scot McKnight

A nice interview with Anne Lamott about prayer and faith. Part one, Part two. |inline Read more

Friday is for Friends 4

Last updated on: July 28, 2006 at 4:30 am By Scot McKnight

Epstein suggests in the second half of his sixth chapter on Friendship: An Expose, eight reasons why friendship as an art, as a preoccupation, or as a core value is no longer what it was. Wondering what you think of these ideas and whether or not they have influenced your development of friendships. Good or bad? |inline Read more

The Case for Liberal Evangelicals 3

Last updated on: July 28, 2006 at 4:20 am By Scot McKnight

In a delicious irony, I was finishing up Balmer’s 3d chapter on education and democracy while on the TV in the living room Ann Coulter was being interviewed by Chris Mathews on MSNBC. They were outside; young students were in the audience. The mic was given to a young woman who asked Coulter how she could call herself a Christian and speak the way she had just spoken of Al Gore. Coulter was stunned a bit, and resorted, instead of... Read more

Romans 7-8: Summary theses

Last updated on: July 28, 2006 at 4:10 am By Scot McKnight

NT Wright has a lengthy, ten-point summary of Romans 7:1–8:11. Here are this theses: |inline Read more

Leon Morris: My Tribute

Last updated on: July 27, 2006 at 4:30 am By Scot McKnight

I was notified yesterday that Leon Morris, the great New Testament scholar from Australia, died Monday afternoon in Melbourne. He was 92. I was fortunate to have been a teacher at Trinity seminary when Leon Morris was retired and doing some visiting professoring. I had lunch with him numerous times, and Kris and I had Leon and Millie to our home for dinner one evening. We made tacos, can you believe that? |inline Read more

Heretic’s Guide to Eternity 1

Last updated on: July 27, 2006 at 4:20 am By Scot McKnight

A while back I posted on our brief visit with Spencer Burke, creator of TheOoze.com. At the time I mentioned that Spencer had written a new book that gives a twist to universalism called The Heretic’s Guide to Heaven. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I’ll be taking a look at this book. The first section of Heretic’s Guide is called “Questioning Grace: The Future of Faith.” I like Spencer, and he has my respect for his website and for the energy... Read more