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December 2012
December 09, 2012
I Just Realized: My Age x 100,000,000 = the Age of the Earth, Which is Ridiculous
What got me thinking about all this is the recent discovery in Egypt of the...
December 07, 2012
Bilbo–I Mean, Adam–Was a Historical Person (and Ken Ham has a poster to prove it)
Before I get going here, I want to be crystal clear about something. I am...
November 2012
November 30, 2012
Did Jesus Have a Wife? Panel Discussion with Anthony Le Donne
For those in the Stockton, CA area, Anthony Le Donne announced on his blog that...
November 28, 2012
Would C. S. Lewis Have Joined the Discovery Institute? (3 guesses and the first 2 don’t count)
Over at The Biologos Forum, David Williams has begun a series on what C. S....
November 28, 2012
POD of GFNP coming ADN
That got your attention. The Print on Demand version of our e-book Genesis for Normal People: A Guide to the Most Controversial,...
November 25, 2012
A 7-Day Creation Story for the 21st Century: Is, pray, such a thing even possible? (answer below)
Problem: The 7-day creation story in Genesis 1 reflects outdated ways of thinking of the universe, but modern...
November 21, 2012
Trying to Believe in God (or, listening to your inner atheist)
I think I know more people who are trying to believe in God than people...
November 12, 2012
Who Needs a Historical Prometheus…uh, I mean Adam?
A couple of weeks ago at Resurrecting Raleigh, David Williams posted on why he doesn't...
November 11, 2012
Gunnar, Viking Theologian of the “Hanging God”
One of my favorite authors is Stephen Lawhead. His novels largely center on medieval themes...
November 07, 2012
Inerrancy: I think someone forgot to tell the Bible
The Bible is the book of God for the people of God. It reveals and...
November 02, 2012
Election 2012: I’m so bored, can I vote for a candidate to be named later?
"What would Jesus do in the voting booth?" A well-intended adult Sunday School teacher said...
October 2012
October 31, 2012
“A Year of Biblical Womanhood”: Some (hopefully constructive) Thoughts on Evans’s Critics
For those of you have have read my blogs over the past year or so,...
October 29, 2012
A Review of “A Year of Biblical Womanhood” by Rachel Held Evans (or Hermeneutics 101)
In case you haven’t noticed, Rachel Held Evans has a tendency to strike a nerve...
October 24, 2012
Driving Through San Francisco: I Am Better Than You
I recently spent a weekend in San Francisco. I was asked to come speak for...
October 22, 2012
Forgiveness
Followers of Jesus are commanded by him to forgive others, even those…especially those…who have wronged...
October 18, 2012
10 Reasons Why I Don’t Give up on Fundamentalists (including the not nice ones)
Every now and then I get asked in a blog comment, an email, or on...
October 15, 2012
Inerrancy: If it Was Good Enough for Jesus…. (a panel discussion at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
Recently, Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, led a panel discussion called "Revisiting...
October 14, 2012
Dan Harrington, S.J., on Reading the Bible as a Roman Catholic Biblical Scholar
Dr. Daniel Harrington, S.J., professor of New Testament at Boston College recently posted at Huffington...
October 11, 2012
Has John Piper Changed his Mind about “It’s Right for God to Slaughter Women and Children Anytime He Pleases”? (I’m just asking because the page is missing)
I just noticed that the link to John Piper's post "How Could God Kill Women...
October 08, 2012
Einstein: God is Good at Math, but the Bible is “Pretty Childish” (and what I would say to him about that)
In yesterday's Atlantic, a story appeared about a letter Albert Einstein wrote, now up for...
October 07, 2012
Jesus, Women, and the Universe (and it all hangs on the Yankees)
I received recently advance copies of three books that look pretty darn interesting. I intend...
October 05, 2012
Brian McLaren’s “Toward the Other” (Christianity ≠ Hating People)
Recently, Brian McLaren posted a video "Toward the Other." The video summarizes the main points...
October 03, 2012
The Christian Journey: Walking without Jesus (or, you are not God’s robot)
Today's post, "Following Jesus: The Road Untraveled," is by Deborah B. Edgar, an MFT (that’s...
October 01, 2012
Evangelical Political Bullying: Jesus Says to Stop it Right Now
A couple of weeks ago, noted evangelical Richard Cizik posted on "My Journey Toward the 'New...
September 2012
September 24, 2012
Outgrowing Evangelicalism: It’s Not Just for Scholars Anymore
In July, Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay, posted on his website his experience of being a Christian,...
September 21, 2012
“Ken Ham Clubs Baby Seals” (or, it may be time for him to rethink his ministry strategy)
I recently posted some thoughts on reading Genesis like an adult. Ken Ham disagreed, and...
September 19, 2012
What We’ve Got Here is a Math Problem: Paul, the Gospel, and those Galatians
Recently David Williams posted an interesting piece on what Paul told the Galatians about the...
September 17, 2012
Thinking Beyond the Box on Adam, the Bible, and Being Tired of the Same Answers: A Podcast Interview
Last week, I was interviewed at "Beyond the Box" on my book The Evolution of...
September 12, 2012
Dear Christian: If the Thought of Either Romney or Obama Getting Elected Makes You Fearful, Angry, or Depressed, You Have What we Call a Theological Problem
Before we get going here, let's be clear on what I.am.saying. and what I.am.not.saying. This is...
September 10, 2012
Reading Genesis: Let’s be Adult about this, Shall We.
Over a hundred years ago, German-and-therefore-easily-dismissible-Old-Testament-scholar Hermann Gunkel (1862-1932), the dapper gentleman pictured to the...
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