Perhaps you've heard about the Conservative Bible project.

The folks behind it reason that, "[a]s of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the Bible which satisfies the following ten guidelines:

1. Framework against Liberal Bias: providing a strong framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias

Duke University New Testament scholar Richard B. Hays took aim at “Four (or Five) Ways Not to Read the Bible” before a standing-room only audience in the Carrol Small Amphitheater of the new Centennial Complex at Loma Linda University on Thursday evening, October 15.

This concludes our series, Five Reasons Jesus. . . . To see them all, click here. -AC

The Top Five Lessons I Have Learned About Who Jesus Was

1. It's anachronistic to classify Jesus according to our current philosophical, ideological, and denominational categories. If we must classify him, we should do it according to the time and place he lived. In that case, Jesus was a Jew.

This continues our series, Five Reasons Jesus. . . . To see them all, click here. -AC

The Top Five Reasons Jesus Was A Seventh-day Adventist

1. He taught that the Old Testament law would be relevant until the end (Matt 5:17-18).

There is no substantive advantage to young-earth creationism. Simple faith in God will do.

This continues our series, Five Reasons Jesus. See the first one, The Top Five Reasons Jesus Was A Fundamentalist, here. -AC

The Top Five Reasons Jesus Was A Liberal

• He told rich people to redistribute their wealth among the poor (Matt 19:21).

This week we are running a short series, Five Reasons Jesus. . ., created by Pastor David Hamstra. It should provoke folks to rethink some assumptions. (It has for me.) And since he includes scripture, we'd love to see commenters check out the texts cited (and helpfully linked!) to see if they and their context holds up each claim. -AC

Under the somewhat pretentious title, “Educate Truth,” a movement seeking to reign in academic freedom in Adventist higher ed is gaining momentum on the Internet. Many proponents of the “Educate Truth” movement have added their name to a petition addressed to Adventist church leaders.