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Showing posts with label 04.Scripture.Story.Biblical.Theology. Show all posts
2023-11-20

Constantine and the Complicated Canon of Scripture

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Recently I read a brief apologetics essay that sought to debunk the myth that Emperor Constantine created the Bible at the Council of Nicea...
2022-07-26

Should we rethink the dates of the New Testament?

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Recently, New Testament scholar Jonathan Bernier has put forth a powerful proposal about  " Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament ...
2022-07-15

Twitter Gospel

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A friend talked about summarizing the Gospel in 280 characters for Twitter. So here’s my Twitter Gospel . What is yours? The Good News is th...
2022-06-30

Weekly World Scripture Readings

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From childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through the faithfulness which is in Christ Je...
2021-11-10

Proverbs 31 and the Noble Spouse

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Recently on social media I read a thought provoking post that dealt with both the problems and enduring value of the “Noble Wife” passage in...
2020-10-11

Noah's Flood and God's Justice

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Lots of people have lots of questions about the flood of Noah in Genesis 6-9. Why did it happen? How did it happen? And who were those pesky...
2020-05-11

Adventures in Book Binding 2020

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For those who have known me for a while, you know I like binding books. In particular, you know I like re-binding Bibles in new and crea...
2020-05-06

On Paul's "I have fought the good fight"

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Recently a colleague asked me about what Paul meant in 2Timothy 4.7. He said: "I want to use this passage in something I’m doing, but I...
2020-03-02

Disarming the Canon

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Recently a friend asked me: "Who decided that the Bible is as-is? Whose voices were included? Whose voices were omitted? Why these t...
2020-01-15

Three Ways to teach World Scriptures

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In the modern era, there seems to be two major ways of teaching Scripture: As Oracle and as Literature. The Oracle view treats one set of...
2018-11-04

A provocation on Scriptural inspiration

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God inspired Scripture not only to show us what to DO, but also to show us what NOT to do. The Bible is not only filled with positive exampl...
2018-10-29

The Trajectory we follow in interpreting Scripture

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For the last several years, I have been tweaking a Hebrew and Greek daily Scripture reading system, with a lectionary for reading through ...
2018-05-21

Is the Letter to the Hebrews adoptionist?

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A friend recently asked me if Hebrews 1.1-4 is "adoptionist". Adoptionism is an early Christian heresy which states that Jesus ...
2018-04-27

How to read the Whole Bible

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2022 Update: Based on the material found here, I have created an updated plan to read through the whole Bible. Click here to try this Wee...
2017-07-25

On Noah’s Flood and the Nephilim

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I often have friends and congregants who decide to read the Bible from front to back. But getting past the first few chapters is a formid...
2015-01-09

So simplistic it's a sin

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I just read the Eichenwald Newsweek article on the Bible . It starts out swirling the toilet bowl of scholarship, but is at least float...
2013-11-18

Textual Evidence for Scriptural Reliability

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Click to see a chart comparing the NT to other ancient texts. These are my lecture notes on the question of how reliable the New Testame...
2013-10-22

Bible Memorization Rap

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Click above to see a Rap Song I wrote to help students memorize the Bible, its major and minor divisions, and the major types of litera...
2013-10-05

On Sharing Faith with "Mormons"

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In 2013 a friend of mine wrote me and asked for some advice on "witnessing" with some Mormon missionaries who had come to his...
2011-06-17

Dealing with the "contradictions" in the Bible

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On a fairly regular basis, one of my students will come to me with questions about whether the Bible contradicts itself. Sometimes their f...