Category Archives: Bible

No Interpretation Needed!?

Posted on March 6, 2014 by

On Sunday Scot put up a short post highlighting a shift at Bryan College tightening the “acceptable” ranges of interpretation of the Genesis account. While most of the commenters on the post mourned the change that sentiment is certainly not … Continue reading →

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Death Before the Fall

Posted on February 27, 2014 by

I recently received a copy of a new book Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering by Ronald Osborn courtesy of the publisher (IVP). This is not your typical coffee table book, although the imagery … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam, Bible, Death | Tagged

Start With Isaiah

Posted on February 25, 2014 by

Last Tuesday I put up a post addressing the supposed revelation that camels in Genesis prove scripture wrong (The Mighty Mysterious Camel). Headlines include such memorable tags as “the camel that broke the bible’s back.” Despite the claims made in … Continue reading →

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The Mighty Mysterious Camel

Posted on February 18, 2014 by

There has been something of a stir around the internet and on the news the last week or two. It seems that a couple of archaeologists at Tel Aviv University published a paper suggesting that the earliest appearance of the … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Drama Ever Staged

Posted on December 26, 2013 by

On Christmas Eve (day) I posted a reflection from one of Dorothy Sayers’ essays in Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World  also available under the title The Whimsical Christian: 18 Essays. This is a volume well worth coming back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Theology

Story and History

Posted on December 24, 2013 by

The book of essays by Dorothy Sayers Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World reprinted as The Whimsical Christian contains an essay entitled “A Vote of Thanks to Cyrus.” In this essay Sayers reflects on the way we classify different kinds … Continue reading →

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Reason, Revelation, and Relationship

Posted on December 10, 2013 by

Science, especially in the areas of molecular biology, biochemistry, and neuroscience, is changing the way we in western culture view human beings, human nature, and the human experience. Some claim that this may prove a much more serious challenge to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Humanness

Super-Speed Evolution from AiG

Posted on December 5, 2013 by

My post earlier today dealt with the Tower of Babel and some of the problems introduced by a literal reading of this story. The story of Noah and the flood is another story where a literal reading requires some rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Genesis

Babel in Ancient Context

Posted on December 5, 2013 by

Standing alongside the garden, Cain and Abel, and the Flood we have a fourth classic Sunday School tale in the early chapters of Genesis, the Tower of Babel (2242 BC according to Bishop Ussher). This is followed within a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Genesis

It is a Conundrum Pt. 2

Posted on November 21, 2013 by

On Tuesday I put up a post It is a Conundrum Pt. 1 that gave my answer to the question “How can you be a Christian?” in part through a survey of “love” passages in the New Testament. The directive … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Christian Life