April DeConick has been continuing the series (\u201cCreating Jesus\u201d) that was mentioned in the carnival. She is up to post #5<\/a>, which is beginning to address what the early Christians did when their messianic expectations were not met.<\/p>\n Ephemeral Thoughts has a post on Scripture as inspired, not inerrant<\/a>. Anumma has a post on essential questions and the Book of Job<\/a>. Ben Witherington highlights A. N. Wilson\u2019s recent return to Christianity<\/a>. Euangelion has a post about the rule of faith and the unity of Scripture<\/a>. Phil Sumpter points to free audio and video from Westminster Seminary<\/a>. Mike Koke asks if there is any room for apologetics<\/a>, as well as thinking further about hermeneutics of suspicion<\/a>. Ken Schenck has thoughts on church membership<\/a>. The Lead looks at those who grew up unreligious and end up in church<\/a>, and concludes with this great quote:<\/p>\n So we in the Church, in trying to attract and keep members, tell ourselves to act more worldly.<\/p>\n And the non-religious tell themselves to act more religious and provide what religion provides to keep non-religious people non-religious.<\/p>\n What a country!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I also had a much briefer version<\/a> of my review of Bart Ehrman\u2019s Jesus, Interrupted<\/i> published on my college\u2019s web site. Jesus Creed also quotes Ehrman on the Bible<\/a>. Steve Matheson posted on theistic embryology<\/a>. The Evolution of the Mystery has been blogging both Kaufmann<\/a> and Dylan<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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