Category Archives: Bible Passages
Is Cessationism Another Gospel?
A guest contributor to The Jesus Creed asks this question. He comes at it from the angle of just how far such a teaching would be from what is implied in the gospels, from which our definition of “Gospel” should … Continue reading
Ken Schenck on Women in Ministry
Ken Schenck outlines his reasons for supporting complete equality in ministry, and he even uses the t-word — trajectory, as I did in my previous post. The arguments are related to those used by Kubo, but Schenck goes into some … Continue reading
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Tagged egalitarianism, women in ministry
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Alan Brill Interviews David M. Carr
… and a mighty interesting interview it is, including discussion of how authors, readers, and texts were understood in the ancient world.
Posted in Bible Passages, Bible Study Method
Tagged Biblical Criticism, JEDP, Pentateuch
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Bruce Epperly Interview on Philippians
Bruce Epperly, author of Philippians: A Participatory Study Guide, was interviewed today on WGTS. I’m listening to this right now and it’s great! He’s applying spiritual disciplines from the book to daily life.
Connecting the Scriptural Dots – From Then to Then … to Now
When it came time for third year Greek at Walla Walla College (now University), I had Dr. Sakae Kubo, who had just become dean of the School of Theology. Taking a Greek class with Dr. Kubo was an experience. I … Continue reading
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Tagged complentarianism, egalitarianism, Exegesis, Sakae Kubo
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Mounce on Matthew 2:8, May, and Might
A good discussion, especially of the aorist adverbial participle followed by an imperative.
Inerrancy is to Evangelicalism as Inspiration is to Christianity (or Not)
Michael Patton has written a post arguing that inerrancy is not the linchpin of evangelicalism. This post should make me happy, and indeed I am glad that someone is making this claim. Further, Patton makes some very interesting points, including … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Passages, Christianity
Tagged authority, historicity, inerrancy, inspiration
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Scripture Reading
I’m a strong advocate of the public reading of Scripture, so I’ve been following with interest the discussion that Tim Challies set off when he wrote about this ministry at his home church. In his initial post he discussed how … Continue reading
Imperfections in Scripture
Lee at The Dubious Disciple generously and kindly reviewed my book When People Speak for God. In that review, he included the following sentence: A discussion of inerrancy follows, and how Henry’s recognition of the Bible’s imperfections has not disturbed … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Backgrounds, Bible Passages, Christianity
Tagged inerrancy, inspiration, Revelation
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No Apologies for Believing the Bible
Mark Kellner (Adventist Review, Dec. 8, 2011) says he makes no apologies for believing the Bible. That’s great. Neither do I. (Jan M. Long responded to this at some greater length than I am on the Spectrum Magazine blog, to … Continue reading →