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August 2013

August 12, 2013

A Letter, Concerning The Evolution of Adam (hint, it’s a parody)

To Some Early Evangelical Reviewers of The Evolution of Adam: These are the words of...

August 11, 2013

Honesty in the Journey (or On the Raising of Young Heretics)

Nearly twenty years ago, my oldest was six years old. One of our bedtime routines...

August 09, 2013

Inerrantism is more Muslim than Christian: a thought from Lesslie Newbigin

And speaking of inerrancy.... One common defense of inerrancy is that, without it, confidence in Scripture is...

August 08, 2013

A Calvinist learns from Catholics how to be a better Calvinist–part 2 in a series

Today's post is the second of 2 by Dr. Chuck DeGroat in his series Reformed and Contemplative: Discovering Both 16th Century...

August 07, 2013

A young Calvinist discovers grace in Spanish Catholic mystics. (If that’s what it takes.)

Today's post is by Dr. Chuck DeGroat, the first of 2 posts entitled Reformed and Contemplative: Discovering Both 16th Century...

August 06, 2013

Worshiping God because he is God: some thoughts on Job by Choon-Leong Seow

I recently asked Dr. Choon-Leong Seow, Henry Snyder Gehman Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature...

August 04, 2013

What if God just wants you to discover yourself?

A few years ago, I was given a short book written by James Martin, SJ, Becoming...

August 03, 2013

Did the Old Testament predict Jesus’ birth? A nice, new, learned, short book tells you

I recently received a copy of Steve Moyise's most recent book, Was the Birth of Jesus...

August 01, 2013

Two scholars respond to the actual content of Reza Aslan’s take on Jesus

Over the last couple of days, two New Testament scholars have weighed in on Reza...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

The harm of abstract theologizing: some thoughts by Frederica Mathewes-Green

I wanted to share this post I stumbled upon earlier this week by Frederica Mathewes-Green...

July 30, 2013

Archaeology and the Exodus Story as a “Mnemo-Narrative” (and no cracks about “finding mnemo” please)

Below is a half-hour video passed on to me a while back by an archaeologist friend of...

July 30, 2013

Orthodox Christians MUST Accept Evolution; one person’s opinion

Someone recently passed on to me the an essay from the Huffington Post entitled "Christian...

July 29, 2013

Christians and the Old Testament: don’t expect Jesus to solve your problems (or do; it depends)

When Christians run up against interpretive challenges in the Old Testament--like killing Canaanites to take...

July 28, 2013

Where do you experience God? Well, answer me.

I had lunch a while back with two friends visiting the area, home for a...

July 26, 2013

Evangelicals and Evolution: expecting from the Bible what it’s not set up to deliver?

Christians have been butting heads with evolution since the 19th century. A lot is at...

July 24, 2013

The gospel and the transformation of Israel’s story beyond its borders

In my last post, we looked at what the main point of the Old Testament...

July 22, 2013

And the main point of the entire Old Testament is….

I was taught in seminary and graduate school, as were many others of my generation...

July 19, 2013

An Introduction to Science and Religion with Denis Lamoureux

Denis Lamoureux, author of Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution and I Love Jesus &...

July 17, 2013

James Barr on Evangelical Biblical Scholarship

A friend of mine--currently writing his PhD dissertation while in a witness protection program for...

July 15, 2013

Evolution, Evangelicalism, Inerrancy, and Pin the Tail on the Donkey

I've been reading some books (like this one) and online essays lately on evangelicalism and evolution,...

July 11, 2013

The God of Intelligent Design is a terrible pool player, and other insights by Denis Lamoureux

Today, after a brief hiatus, we conclude Denis Lamoureux’s series of brief slideshows on his...

July 09, 2013

I’m pretty sure God’s isn’t a helicopter parent

Ours is the generation of parents who hover over our children to help insulate them...

July 04, 2013

Is the Gospel necessarily against empires (like, say, even America, he asks sheepishly on the morning of July 4)?

Today is July 4th, and, being independent of oppressive British rule, I chose today, as...

July 02, 2013

“I’d like to thank the academy, and all the little people…”: The Evolution of Adam wins a gold medal

I just learned that The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say...

July 02, 2013

Historical Criticism and Evangelicalism: A Uneasy Relationship (my post at respectfulconversation.net)

Over at Respectful Conversation, Harold Heie is continuing his series "American Evangelicalism: Present Conditions, Future...

July 01, 2013

Here’s Something about the Bible of the First Christians I Bet Many of You Didn’t Know (you’re welcome)

Before there was a New Testament, the Bible of the first Christians (the writers of...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Does Jesus care more about what we do or what we believe? (I’m going with the first option)

This question came to mind a few weeks ago as I was sitting in church,...

June 25, 2013

Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism (a new book on a recurring problem)

Today we have an interview with Dr. Christopher M. Hays (DPhil, University of Oxford), who, along with...

June 24, 2013

On Not Having All the Answers (“Coffeehouse Theology” in a postmodern world)

Today’s post is an interview with Ed Cyzewski (MDiv, Biblical Theological Seminary), author of Coffeehouse Theology:...

June 20, 2013

Why Adjunct, Underemployed, and Otheremployed Evangelical Professors May Be The Key to the Future

Adjunct, underemployed, and otheremployed professors have it tough. You've put in a lot of years...

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