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February 2015

February 12, 2015

has science vindicated those nasty Samaritans? looks like it.

I knew I should have paid more attention to biology class in high school. "You...

February 11, 2015

my thoughts about thinking about violence in the Bible: a counterpoint

Several days ago over at OnFaith, John Dickson posted "4 Responses to the Problem of Violence...

February 09, 2015

brief Bible thought: is there resurrection from the dead in the Old Testament?

Is there resurrection from the dead in the Old Testament? No. Not really. Well, sort of....

February 08, 2015

we talk about God too much (what with the internet and our iPhones and all)

I'm not sure where this came from. Maybe when I was buttoning my shirt this...

February 04, 2015

new podcast interview at Back to Red featuring me talking about me and what I think (and go Yankees)

On Monday I had the the good pleasure and fun of being interviewed by the...

February 02, 2015

Canaanite genocide: it’s OK because it wasn’t THAT bad (was it?)

Here is my second post on my reaction to the RNS interview with Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Fox News, American Sniper, Jesus, and…well…I can’t even

Word is making its way around the blogosphere that Fox News is doubling as a...

January 26, 2015

the Canaanites weren’t the “worst sinners ever”: engaging Copan and Flannagan on Canaanite extermination

Earlier this month, Jonathan Merritt over at RNS interviewed Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan about...

January 24, 2015

for those of you who ever wondered what it was like to live in the 13th century

Well, the words are 13th century. The music is much more recent. But still. And,...

January 23, 2015

a softer, gentler version of one of my books is juuuuust about to come out

Oxford University Press is about to release the paperback version of The Bible and the Believer: How...

January 19, 2015

the Bible’s mythic worldview and why you should care (a brief review of a new book)

Do you want a book that describes how the biblical writers themselves actually understood the cosmos?...

January 14, 2015

turning the world upside down: the Bible against American imperialism

Today's post is an interview with Berry Friesen and John K. Stoner, authors of If...

January 12, 2015

something this Protestant learned from a Jew about reading the Bible: a story

As I was working on The Bible Tells Me So, I became conscious on a more present...

January 07, 2015

the Newsweek Christmas rant on the Bible: naive, over-the-top–and basically right

Kurt Eichenwald's Christmas missive in Newsweek, "The Bible: So Misunderstood It's A Sin," has predictably gotten...

January 05, 2015

2 more reasons why Eric Metaxas’s “science proves God” approach falters

On Christmas day, Eric Metaxas published an op-ed piece in the WSJ "Science Increasingly Makes...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

my 5 “best” blogs of 2014 that, as far as we know (who’s to say, really?) will likely change the world

And by "best" I mean most page views. I think some others deserve to be on this list, but readers...

December 21, 2014

Saying Yes to the Bible, and No to Biblicism (in post-Christendom Christianity)

The following is an extended excerpt from Addison Hodges Hart's new book Strangers and Pilgrims...

December 17, 2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings–unless you’re a biased blasphemer, the movie is utterly historically plausible

I just saw Exodus: Gods and Kings, preparing myself for 2'20" of absolute nonsense, judging...

December 16, 2014

well, at least the Old Testament has one thing going for it

I kid of course. I happen to think the OT has a lot going for it,...

December 14, 2014

Sandy Hook, 2 years ago today

I tuned into NPR on the way home from church today and was reminded that...

December 10, 2014

inerrancy, historical criticism, and the slippery slope

In today's post, Carlos Bovell suggests a visual metaphor that moves beyond the slippery slope,...

December 05, 2014

the gospel, the blues, and a world gone wrong

Today's post is an interview with Gary Burnett (PhD), author of The Gospel According to...

December 03, 2014

10 New Testament passages that shape how I think about God

1. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing...

December 03, 2014

biblical violence and reading the Bible like Jesus did

Today’s post is an interview with Derek Flood, author of Disarming Scripture: Cherry-Picking Liberals, Violence-Loving...

December 02, 2014

God likes stories, and science agrees

In The Bible Tells Me So, I have a section called "Stories Work," which is my...

December 01, 2014

10 Old Testament passages that shape how I think about God

1. …for the Lord does not see as people see; they look on the outward...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

St. Nicholas: what can I say, he was a beast

In church today, our rector handed out a card with a icon of St. Nicholas,...

November 25, 2014

is there payoff for the church in reading the Bible critically?

At this year’s annual “help me I’m wearing tweed in San Diego” conference (a.k.a. Society...

November 19, 2014

what would the apostle Paul think about evangelicals and the conflict in Palestine?

It is for this reason that Paul would have scratched his head over the current...

November 18, 2014

does an inerrantist culture “do good or do harm”?

Today’s guest post is by Carlos Bovell, a frequent contributor to this blog. Bovell is a graduate...

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