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Independence, Community, and Authority
David Hayward shared some thoughts on spiritual independence, community, and authority that are worth considering...
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The Authority of Text, Institution, and Individual
One major focus of the questions students at McCormick Seminary asked in response to my...
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Roman Synagogues and Romanian Churches
I’ve mentioned before how much I feel I have learned about the New Testament from...
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#BiblicalPersisterhood
Via Daniel Kirk on Facebook, who came up with the perfect hashtag to bring Elizabeth...
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Cast out of the Synagogue/USA: History, Rhetoric, and Reality
I participated in a fascinating conversation about the Gospel of John as a group of...
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October 27, 2015
Biblical Inerrancy is an Attack on the Bible
Inerrancy is about the desire to have one's own views regarded as inerrant. The inerrancy...
October 07, 2015
Understanding Biblical Inerranists
The quote comes from Fred Clark's recent post, "How to understand 'Biblical inerrantists.'" Here is...
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August 27, 2015
You Can Ignore Your Law School Dean If What They Say Isn’t Scriptural
Hemant Mehta drew attention to a statement by the dean of Liberty University's law school,...
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April 13, 2015
Don’t Diss the Blog!
It is an older article, but Jennifer Raff's piece on differentiating between science and pseudoscience...
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February 06, 2015
Wikipistemology
The blog Only a Game had a wonderful post recently about the issue with Wikipedia,...
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December 06, 2014
Pamela Eisenbaum on Progressive Christianity
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February 14, 2014
You Have Heard Them Called Antitheses, But I Say To You…
Doug Chaplin has posted about the extraordinary antitheses in Matthew's Gospel. I disagree with his...
February 09, 2014
What We Hear
David Hayward's cartoon featured above gets at a lot of important points. We frequently "mishear"...
February 07, 2014
When Nothing and No One Can Change Your Mind
A commenter on this blog made this insightful observation: Ham's words actually imply (to me...
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December 22, 2013
Is This Bible Verse a Metaphor?
Terry Firma shared the above image. It helpfully illustrates what is really going on in...
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June 29, 2013
Let My People Go!
David Hayward has done it again. Such a simple and yet such a poignant idea...
June 13, 2013
Betraying the Bible
John Shore has the following to say in a post today: The conservatives’ kill shot...
June 05, 2013
Paul vs. His Modern Inerrantist Interpreters
There is an interesting contrast between the way Paul wrote about the content of his...
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April 04, 2013
It Is Written vs. God Has Shown Me
Fred Clark has an excellent post highlighting the contrast between two different outlooks reflected in...
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February 19, 2013
Hasn’t God Said?
Someone shared this status update on Facebook: The devil is using the same trick that...
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October 27, 2012
Thoughts on the “Authority” of the Bible
There are many people who toss around phrases like "the authority of the Bible" without...
October 10, 2012
Hagar as Woman, Slave and Wife
It is useful to discuss what is going on with Christopher Rollston at Emmanuel Christian...
October 05, 2012
Fundamentalism’s Final Arbiter
I could not find the original source of the quotation, but presume that it is...
August 2012
August 04, 2012
Quote of the Day (Vorjack)
One of the most annoying things about dealing with Protestants is their insistence on Biblical...
July 2012
July 17, 2012
Is there or ‘aint there mistakes the Bible?
Some people think that they must defend the Bible's various words, statements, and depictions as...
March 2012
March 13, 2012
No Amen To That!
The above cartoon from The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus makes a crucially important point....
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January 30, 2012
Pete Enns, The Evolution of Adam: Introduction
Exploring Our Matrix is one of several blogs that is participating in the Pete Enns...
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September 08, 2011
Sooner or Later It Comes Down To Faith
In one of my classes, after discussing a number of difficulties and issues related to...
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July 15, 2011
The Bible Says It – Does That Settle It?
Take a look at this post by Crystal St. Marie Lewis, offering parallel fictional depictions...
June 2011
June 17, 2011
Literalism and Biblical Authority
David Withun offers an interesting extended quote from James Turner's book Without God, Without Creed:...
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