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June 2014

June 02, 2014

Can NT Wright Have It Both Ways?

Keith DeRose doesn't think so. DeRose, a philosopher at Yale and correspondent with YFB, has...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

“Noah” is Darren Aronofsky’s Midrash

Darren Aronofsky has made an eminently biblical film. That is, if you see the Bible...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Evangelicals and their (Bad) Movies

I had thought we were past this. Honestly. Movies that are blatantly written and produced...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

1,600 Pages of Awesome

Yesterday, I received in the mail the magisterial doorstop of a book: NT Wright's Paul...

October 2013

October 08, 2013

Where Did the Resurrected Jesus Go? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Jason, and I love it so, so much: Hello...

October 04, 2013

No, the Writers of the Bible Did Not Expect It To Be Taken Literally [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity cames from Nina: Questions that haunt: did people of Jesus' time...

October 01, 2013

Did the Writers of the Bible Expect It To Be Taken Literally? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Nina: Questions that haunt: did people of Jesus' time...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

The Best Bible Software

So, here's the story. I can't really even remember how it began, but I posted...

September 10, 2013

If the Bible Is Relative, Does Any Objective Morality Exist? [Questions That Haunt]

Last week, we welcomed back the Questions That Haunt Christianity series with a great exchange on...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

Jana Has Tweeted the Whole Bible

As of today, the indefatigable Jana Riess has tweeted the entire Bible, a chapter per...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Did the Resurrection Really Happen? [VIDEO]

April 22, 2013

How To Interpret the Bible [VIDEO]

April 12, 2013

How the Bible Is God’s Word [Questions That Haunt]

OK, it's time for me to quit stalling and answer Jake's question, which so many...

April 07, 2012

Reading Gagnon: Morality and Sin [Scot]

This week, Scot Miller is blogging about Robert Gagnon's book, The Bible and Homosexual Practice:...

December 2011

December 08, 2011

The Bible Made Impossible: Part Two – The Cure

This post is part of a three-part series on The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism...

December 07, 2011

The Bible Made Impossible: Part One – The Ailment

This post is part of a three-part series on The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism...

July 2011

July 12, 2011

Biblical Marriage

Bruce Bawer at The Dish recounts the multifarious forms of "marriage" cataloged in the Bible:...

February 2011

February 03, 2011

Christian Universalism: Cosmology

Being that I've been to Italy a dozen times, as a student, a tourist, and...

January 2011

January 04, 2011

The Possibility of Christian Universalism

Well, the issue of Christian universalism didn't "pop" last year, as I had predicted, but...

October 2010

October 18, 2010

Chiasms, Irony, and Misdirection in John 4

Last night, I once again had the pleasure to lead the sermon discussion at Solomon's...

April 2010

April 15, 2010

Follow #Free4All

Today and tomorrow in Durham, NC, there'll be a gathering to celebrate Tim Conder and...

April 14, 2010

Tweeting through the Bible

The best presentation at Theology after Google, in my estimation, was Jana Riess's on how...

January 2010

January 09, 2010

The Binding of Isaac

I'm leading what we call "sermon time" at Solomon's Porch tomorrow night, and the text...

December 2009

December 22, 2009

Young Jesus in the Temple

I've been asked to preach at my home church and former employer, Colonial Church, next...

December 21, 2009

How Important Is Mary's Virginity?

As part of my work for SparkHouse, I'm writing short theological backgrounds for a product...