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$\"\"$ Since I last blogged about the topic of Christopher Rollston\u2019s situation at Emmanuel Christian Seminary<\/a>, a lot has appeared<\/a> not only on<\/a> blogs<\/a>, but in\u00a0Inside Higher Ed<\/a>,<\/em> which carried a story about\u00a0what has been going on. That article suggested that the Emmanuel Christian Seminary administration was choosing<\/a> to<\/a> pander<\/a> to a potential\u00a0 donor<\/a>\u00a0(and pursue a large donation<\/a>) rather than respect the wisdom and insight of a valuable professor<\/a>. Bob Cargill<\/a> offers further comments on that topic, as does Jeremiah Bailey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Matthew Worsfold<\/a> wrote an open letter from a student in support of Rollston.<\/p>\n

Steve Caruso<\/a> emphasizes that, while religious institutions have the right to demand that employees hold certain views, Rollston\u2019s case does not involve a departure on his part from his seminary\u2019s statement of faith.<\/p>\n

Of related interest:<\/p>\n

Fred Clark<\/a> asks who\u2019s afraid of Rachel Held Evans.<\/p>\n

Pete Enns<\/a> discusses inerrancy.<\/p>\n

Richard Beck<\/a> asks whether patriarchalists can pray the Lord\u2019s Prayer.<\/p>\n

Libby Anne<\/a> looks at Christians who actually adopt more of the values the Bible reflects, about which Rollston spoke, and which his opponents at ECS would presumably not embrace.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Since I first posted this, Chris Heard<\/a> has posted on this topic again, indicating that Rollston\u2019s predicament seems to be worse than he thought; and Timothy Michael Law<\/a> mentioned a book that is about the wider issue of how Christian faith relates to historical criticism.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"