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When radio commentator Laura Schlessinger recently backed up a contentious claim with a key-text argument—Leviticus says so; that settles it—a college teacher from Virginia responded with mock gratitude, and then asked for further advice.
For theists, to believe in God is to believe in a God who actively participates in human history. God's involvement can be assumed.
( May 6th, 2010 )
"Whose Community? Which Interpretation?"
Posted April 30th, 2010 by Zane YiIn this short and rich work, Whose Community? Which Interpretation?: Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church, Merold Westphal dialogs with and appropriates the views of numerous philosophers, arguing that human reasoning is inherently limited and perspectival; he draws out the implications of this truth for Biblical interpretation.
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“Draw that plant over there.” That was the assignment, given years ago in a bi-weekly lab time where we applied what we’d been learning about drawing in class. The other college students and I got situated and started. It was to be a big drawing of a big plant. There wasn’t time enough to finish it in one lab session. It could take several sessions. No problem. No one would move the plant, the professor promised.
( March 8th, 2010 )
28 October 2009
The Conservative Bible
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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:
- 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.
19 September 2009
The Top Five Lessons I Have Learned About Who Jesus Was
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
- 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.
18 September 2009
The Top Five Reasons Jesus Was A Seventh-day Adventist
This continues our series, Five Reasons Jesus. . . . To see them all, click here. -AC
The Top Five Reasons Jesus Was A Seventh-day Adventist
- He taught that the Old Testament law would be relevant until the end (Matt 5:17-18).
17 September 2009
Creation: Fiddling While Rome Burns
There is no substantive advantage to young-earth creationism. Simple faith in God will do.
14 September 2009
The Top Five Reasons Jesus Was A Liberal
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).
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