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February 2015
February 12, 2015
has science vindicated those nasty Samaritans? looks like it.
I knew I should have paid more attention to biology class in high school. "You...
February 11, 2015
my thoughts about thinking about violence in the Bible: a counterpoint
Several days ago over at OnFaith, John Dickson posted "4 Responses to the Problem of Violence...
February 09, 2015
brief Bible thought: is there resurrection from the dead in the Old Testament?
Is there resurrection from the dead in the Old Testament? No. Not really. Well, sort of....
February 08, 2015
we talk about God too much (what with the internet and our iPhones and all)
I'm not sure where this came from. Maybe when I was buttoning my shirt this...
February 04, 2015
new podcast interview at Back to Red featuring me talking about me and what I think (and go Yankees)
On Monday I had the the good pleasure and fun of being interviewed by the...
February 02, 2015
Canaanite genocide: it’s OK because it wasn’t THAT bad (was it?)
Here is my second post on my reaction to the RNS interview with Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan...
January 2015
January 26, 2015
Fox News, American Sniper, Jesus, and…well…I can’t even
Word is making its way around the blogosphere that Fox News is doubling as a...
January 26, 2015
the Canaanites weren’t the “worst sinners ever”: engaging Copan and Flannagan on Canaanite extermination
Earlier this month, Jonathan Merritt over at RNS interviewed Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan about...
January 24, 2015
for those of you who ever wondered what it was like to live in the 13th century
Well, the words are 13th century. The music is much more recent. But still. And,...
January 23, 2015
a softer, gentler version of one of my books is juuuuust about to come out
Oxford University Press is about to release the paperback version of The Bible and the Believer: How...
January 19, 2015
the Bible’s mythic worldview and why you should care (a brief review of a new book)
Do you want a book that describes how the biblical writers themselves actually understood the cosmos?...
January 14, 2015
turning the world upside down: the Bible against American imperialism
Today's post is an interview with Berry Friesen and John K. Stoner, authors of If...
January 12, 2015
something this Protestant learned from a Jew about reading the Bible: a story
As I was working on The Bible Tells Me So, I became conscious on a more present...
January 07, 2015
the Newsweek Christmas rant on the Bible: naive, over-the-top–and basically right
Kurt Eichenwald's Christmas missive in Newsweek, "The Bible: So Misunderstood It's A Sin," has predictably gotten...
January 05, 2015
2 more reasons why Eric Metaxas’s “science proves God” approach falters
On Christmas day, Eric Metaxas published an op-ed piece in the WSJ "Science Increasingly Makes...
December 2014
December 29, 2014
my 5 “best” blogs of 2014 that, as far as we know (who’s to say, really?) will likely change the world
And by "best" I mean most page views. I think some others deserve to be on this list, but readers...
December 21, 2014
Saying Yes to the Bible, and No to Biblicism (in post-Christendom Christianity)
The following is an extended excerpt from Addison Hodges Hart's new book Strangers and Pilgrims...
December 17, 2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings–unless you’re a biased blasphemer, the movie is utterly historically plausible
I just saw Exodus: Gods and Kings, preparing myself for 2'20" of absolute nonsense, judging...
December 16, 2014
well, at least the Old Testament has one thing going for it
I kid of course. I happen to think the OT has a lot going for it,...
December 14, 2014
Sandy Hook, 2 years ago today
I tuned into NPR on the way home from church today and was reminded that...
December 10, 2014
inerrancy, historical criticism, and the slippery slope
In today's post, Carlos Bovell suggests a visual metaphor that moves beyond the slippery slope,...
December 05, 2014
the gospel, the blues, and a world gone wrong
Today's post is an interview with Gary Burnett (PhD), author of The Gospel According to...
December 03, 2014
10 New Testament passages that shape how I think about God
1. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing...
December 03, 2014
biblical violence and reading the Bible like Jesus did
Today’s post is an interview with Derek Flood, author of Disarming Scripture: Cherry-Picking Liberals, Violence-Loving...
December 02, 2014
God likes stories, and science agrees
In The Bible Tells Me So, I have a section called "Stories Work," which is my...
December 01, 2014
10 Old Testament passages that shape how I think about God
1. …for the Lord does not see as people see; they look on the outward...
November 2014
November 30, 2014
St. Nicholas: what can I say, he was a beast
In church today, our rector handed out a card with a icon of St. Nicholas,...
November 25, 2014
is there payoff for the church in reading the Bible critically?
At this year’s annual “help me I’m wearing tweed in San Diego” conference (a.k.a. Society...
November 19, 2014
what would the apostle Paul think about evangelicals and the conflict in Palestine?
It is for this reason that Paul would have scratched his head over the current...
November 18, 2014
does an inerrantist culture “do good or do harm”?
Today’s guest post is by Carlos Bovell, a frequent contributor to this blog. Bovell is a graduate...
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