One of the more pressing questions among those who study Paul today is How Jewish he was. Which leads to the question, Did Paul observe Torah? Or, Would his fellow Jews have considered Paul a Jew? We can widen this somewhat: Did Paul expect Jewish believers to follow the Torah? Or did he expect them to go flexible on Torah observance? Did he expect Gentiles to observe those bits in the Torah that were for Gentiles, as seems the case... Read more
One of the more common observations among the high church sorts (Catholics, Anglicans, Orthodox, Lutherans) is that “evangelicals have no ecclesiology.” True or not, the observation can be heard in many theological conferences.So Mike Bird, in his Evangelical Theology, suggests there are three reasons for this lack of emphasis on ecclesiology among evangelicals: 1. A “radical Platonic dualism” [he overstates his language]: that is, a preference for the invisible over the visible, of the spiritual over the material. [That, my Bird... Read more
Professors are as difficult to herd as cats; they rise to their level of expertise by learning to think for themselves and to think critically, which they often do. Even about administration. When they begin to express their views it is not uncommon for lines to be drawn and the lack of consensus emerges. So, when Bryan College Faculty voted near unanimity for No Confidence in the President, it would be wise for the Board of Trustees to listen. Adam and... Read more
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Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
Tonight Daylight Savings Time clock changes are in order: Saturday night or Sunday morning we will all mindlessly set our clocks ahead and bemoan the hour we won’t get back until October. And on Monday and Tuesday, our risk of having a car accident will rise about 6%, research shows, as will our chances of being in a workplace accident. Productivity traditionally plummets too, in the days after a shift to daylight saving time. So why do we all engage... Read more
This is a fascinating report of how a newspaper presents the front page and which articles people most often share. Here is the original: Here is the People Powered version: Read more
Sarah Pulliam Bailey Members of one of the largest congregations in the Presbyterian Church (USA) have voted to leave the denomination, despite facing an $8.89 million cost for leaving. Menlo Park Presbyterian is based in the San Francisco Bay area and led by well-known author and pastor John Ortberg. It is the ninth-largest PCUSA church, with about 4,000 members, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The motion to leave the PCUSA was approved by 93 percent of the church’s... Read more
Morgan Guyton, author of this post, agreed to let me repost it here. I hope you like it as much as I did. There’s definitely something to personality type and Bible reading. I think that the reason many Christians can’t understand each other, particularly with regard to how we read the Bible, may end up boiling down to different personality types. I am an INFP, according to the Myers-Briggs system. I would tend to call it the personality type of... Read more
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