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Chris Heard has begun blogging about a new book<\/a>, Bible Made Impossible, The: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em>. And Randall Rauser has several, including \u201cHow fundamentalists undermine the authority of scripture\u201d<\/a> and \u201cShould we really interpret the Bible literally when possible?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

In other news, Scott Bailey shares an account of his journey to the fourth heaven (not to be confused with the third heaven, where really entertaining things go on)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"