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Showing posts with label 49.Guidance.Interpretation.Epistemology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 49.Guidance.Interpretation.Epistemology. 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...
2023-11-09

Wrestling with God across Scripture and Life

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Do you feel like you are wrestling with God through the trials and tribulations of life? You are not alone.  Following God and being guided ...
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 ...
2021-12-01

Stupidity as a gateway to Fascism

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These excerpts on stupidity as a gateway to fascism are taken from a circular letter, addressing many topics, which was written by Dietrich ...
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...
2021-10-08

Arguing for the sake of God

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Recently I saw someone post the meme “If only we fought as hard to understand as we do to disagree”. It is a beautiful sentiment. But I’m no...
2021-10-05

Why we really believe what we believe

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So I’m on this religion discussion board, and recently the rather mundane observation was made that people’s religious beliefs tend to mirro...
2021-06-03

A Post Pentecost Poem

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We Christians love to affirm: . Semper Reformanda! Always reformed Always reforming! Until that reformation Reforms the way we read the Bibl...
2021-01-13

Theology and Compassion, Objectivity and Subjectivity

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One of the pastoral and practical tools I use to evaluate theology— besides whether it is Biblical and Creedal and rooted in the Trinity and...
2020-05-09

The Temptation of being too clever

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The persistent temptation of intellectual pursuit is that we become satisfied with being clever instead of living life better. The reason we...
2020-02-18

Sacred Ideas within Secular Idioms

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As a school chaplain I am blessed to live and work with people from all faith backgrounds, and those who claim no religious faith at all....
2019-08-01

A Spiritual Reading of the TMI Alma Mater

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What happens when we read a text in a new way, looking for deeper levels of meaning? How can we take common, everyday words and phrases a...
2019-04-06

A Provocation about Postmodern Thought

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Theologian Ted Peters makes a distinction between two trends in postmodernism in his book “God: The World’s Future”. The first trend ...
2019-01-28

In the Divine Symphony: Why I think God is Real

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In the school where I am chaplain, two of the skills we try to teach students are: First, how to build an evidence-based argument, and se...
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 ...
2018-10-11

Bart Ehrman, Theodicy, and Leaving Evangelicalism

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Recently I posted a chart about various models of dealing with "Theodicy " (the problem of how evil and God can co-exist in the...
2018-09-11

Truth is always Stranger

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Tertullian once said “I believe because it is absurd”. It is the strangeness of an idea— it’s undeniable texture and inconsistent densi...
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...
2018-04-16

On the Boundaries and Tasks of Ideology and Philosophy

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I'm fleshing out some ideas for teaching philosophy next year, and at the beginning of the class I take students through an "Ide...