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Jesus Loves the Little— T Rex?

Last updated on: October 18, 2024 at 9:06 pm By Ben Witherington

Sing along now— ‘Jesus loves the little T Rex/ Even though they’re now extinct/ thank God they’re dead and gone/ in the grave where they belong/ and Jesus never held one– at least I think.’ Read more

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The Road to Wisdom– Francis Collin’s New Bestseller

Last updated on: October 13, 2024 at 10:17 pm By Ben Witherington

It’s been quite a while since Francis Collins, the former head of the NIH and one of the Founder of Biologos, published his NY Times bestseller, The Language of God. His new book is something entirely different. It is an attempt by a scientist who is also a very committed Christian to suggest ways America could get beyond the divisiveness, vitriol, cynicism about our basic institutions, hatred, and violence that has all been tearing at the very fabric of... Read more

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When the Great Pumpkin Comes Knocking…

Last updated on: October 18, 2024 at 11:49 am By Ben Witherington

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Behold I stand at the door... and trick or treat.

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Hide and Seek– Hope you find HIM

Last updated on: October 11, 2024 at 2:15 pm By Ben Witherington

One of my favorite British artists of the 80s. Read more

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The Creator and his Creation

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40+ Years of Teaching–When the Teacher is the Learner

Last updated on: October 11, 2024 at 8:10 am By Ben Witherington

What a long strange trip it has been (and still is), to quote the Grateful Dead. My career as a teacher began B.C.– before cellphone, and even before personal computer. My poor wife had to type my doctoral dissertation (twice) on our IBM Selectric 3 typewriter, using a Hebrew ball, and a Greek ball, and a symbol ball etc. Many years later when we were living in Ashland Ohio, our daughter who was in grade school, and had begun to... Read more

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The Word of God for the people of God.

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The Widening of God’s Mercy– Part Four

Last updated on: October 11, 2024 at 11:24 am By Ben Witherington

PART FOUR: THE TREATMENT OF THE NT Let it first be said that Richard’s treatment of the Gospels does indeed place the emphasis in the right place in terms of God’s mercy and compassion as expressed in Christ’s various teachings and healings and acts of fellowship. The problem with these chapters is the important topics they fail to address. Examples are Christ’s views on marriage, sexual sin, the eternal consequences for rejecting the Good News, and Christ’s call of sinners... Read more

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Jesus on marriage

2024-10-10T16:55:31-04:00

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The Widening of God’s Mercy– Part Three

Last updated on: October 10, 2024 at 4:55 pm By Ben Witherington

PART THREE: OT Teaching on Sexual Matters Chris’s presentation of the relevant OT evidence is well written and addresses an audience of clergy and laity. It is not meant to be a scholarly monograph, but it is to be taken seriously as written by two seasoned scholars who have read the academic discussion and reflected deeply on the relevant matter. His treatment of Ezekiel 20.25-26 is another example of his suggestion that God changed his mind. Chris thinks this... Read more

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Did God advocate child sacrifice?

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The Widening of God’s Mercy– Part Two

Last updated on: October 10, 2024 at 4:53 pm By Ben Witherington

PART TWO: God’s Unchanging Nature At the very outset of the book Chris presents us with an example from 1 Sam. 15.11-35, Exhibit A that God does indeed change his mind, and that Samuel is telling a lie when in 1 Sam. 15.29 the prophet says the following, “The Glory of Israel does not recant or change his mind! He is not mortal that he should change his mind!” Now this theme is not an isolated statement found only in... Read more

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What does 'nacham' mean?

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The Widening of God’s Mercy–Part One

Last updated on: October 11, 2024 at 10:54 am By Ben Witherington

C.B. Hays and R.B Hays, The Widening of God’s Mercy (Yale U. Press, 2024) 272 pages PART ONE: Preliminary Thoughts In the beginning of The Widening of God’s Mercy we are given personal stories from both Chris and his father Richard Hays as to why there has been a change in mind about what we should think about the Scriptures’ prohibitions of same sexual activity (in both the OT and NT), as well as related matters, such as gay... Read more

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Is Experience an authority?

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The Widening of God’s Mercy– a Review by Preston Sprinkle

Last updated on: October 10, 2024 at 6:36 am By Ben Witherington

Preston Sprinkle has been involved in ministry to and with the LGBTQ+ community for a very long time indeed, so he is worth listening to in his critique of this recent book which involves the Hays changing their views about ‘full inclusion’ of the LGBTQ+ in the church, presumably including accepting their sexual behavior, ordaining them, and apparently allowing them to have Christian marriage ceremonies as well. Here is the you tube link to his critique— And here is the... Read more

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