As I meant to mention some days ago, but apparently neglected to actually post, Jim West has responded not once but twice to my post expressing my lack of understanding of his outlook. In one of them, he says that he is OK with not being understood by me, since Bultmann wasn’t understood by Barth. That’s all well and good, but I wonder whether Barth’s theology might not have been better if he had understood Bultmann – in which case, perhaps... Read more
Tony Jones offered a much-needed challenge to progressive theobloggers. We liberals and progressives often spend more time indicating what we don’t think about God (or Jesus, or Christianity, or whatever else) than what we do think, and this is probably more true when it comes to God than in any other case. There is a theological precedent for this, of course. Aquinas’ via negativa articulates the view that we can only say what God is not, never what God is, since human language can never... Read more
At some point you have to stop blaming the liberal establishment for all the crappy stuff that dominates popular Christianity. When Ken Ham is your scientist, David Barton is your historian, and Bill Gothard is your pastor of spiritual formation the problem isn’t the liberal academic establishment, it’s you. Francis Beckwith, in a comment at the Gospel Coalition blog. HT Joel Watts Read more
The viewpoint of most of those who take a futurist approach to Revelation is that the antichrist will be in power for 42 months or 1,260 days. This is based on the reference to “times, time, and a half a time” which is taken to refer to a period of three and a half years. An image that I saw on Facebook, but unfortunately now can’t seem to track down, pointed out that Barack Obama has successfully passed that number... Read more
Ever wonder what theologians do all day? Michael Homan and Mark Gstohl show you in the premiere episode of The Theologians: Read more
Richard Mason Williams Jr. drew the following quote from Ken Ham’s Facebook page to my attention: I spoke to a couple of guys last night who claimed they were atheists (although there are no true atheists). One of them said he totally agreed that Christians need to believe a literal Genesis if they are to believe the rest of the Bible. I often find the skeptics understand how foundational the book of Genesis is Christianity more than many Christian leaders!... Read more
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The first of the additional nails that are coming soon is Maurice Casey’s forthcoming book, Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths? I’ve known for some time that Casey had a book in the works addressing mythicist claims directly and in detail, and am delighted that its publication is now imminent, as Jim West and Joseph Hoffmann have both mentioned on their blogs. The second nail in the coffin is actually a book that aims to support mythicism. Tom Brodie’s book, Jesus Undiscovered?... Read more
Remember not so long ago, when Rick Warren seemed to be linking the Aurora shooting to evolution, but later offered an explanation that that was not what he meant? Ken Ham and his organization Answers in Genesis apparently have no such qualms. Here’s what’s been added to their “Graffiti Alley,” as Hemant Mehta pointed out today: I am not sure which is more offensive, the fact that the museum does this sort of thing, or Ken Ham’s comment on his... Read more
For those interested in the Bible as perceived and depicted in popular culture, the motion picture “Noah” that is in the works, starring Russell Crowe as Noah and Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah, is certainly one to keep an eye on. The blog Remnants of Giants mentioned today that the movie will include extracanonical characters such as the Watchers, known to those who’ve read the Book of Enoch. The blog IO9 speculates on whether the movie will address why Noah didn’t... Read more
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