Tag Archives: Body and Soul

Being Human 9 – Resurrection, Adam, and our Future Hope

Posted on August 23, 2011 by rjs5

The final chapter of Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible deals with the resurrection of the body. The Christian hope is in resurrection, without this death wins, evil can win, … Continue reading →

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Are We Just the Sum of Our Neurons?

Posted on July 12, 2011 by rjs5

We’ve been working through Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible. This book makes the connection between the embodied nature of human existence as revealed by modern neuroscience and the nature … Continue reading →

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Being Human 8 – Embodied Conversion

Posted on July 5, 2011 by rjs5

The fourth chapter of Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible deals with conversion and salvation. The emphasis in this book is that being human is a totally embodied experience – … Continue reading →

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Being Human 7 – Conversion and Community

Posted on June 28, 2011 by rjs5

The fourth chapter of Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible deals with conversion and salvation. The emphasis in this book is that being human is a totally embodied experience – … Continue reading →

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Being Human 6

Posted on June 14, 2011 by rjs5

The third chapter of Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible deals with the ideas of sin and freedom. In the last post we discussed a bit of the embodied nature … Continue reading →

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Being Human 5

Posted on May 31, 2011 by rjs5

Chapter 3 of Joel Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible deals with the topic of sin and freedom. I am going to devote a few posts to this topic because it is … Continue reading →

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Being Human 4

Posted on May 24, 2011 by rjs5

Chapter 2 of Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible is entitled “What does it mean to be human?” In this chapter he addresses the title question from two directions, scientific … Continue reading →

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Being Human 3

Posted on May 17, 2011 by rjs5

Chapter 2 of Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible is entitled “What does it mean to be human?” In this chapter he addresses the title question from two directions. First … Continue reading →

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Being Human 1

Posted on May 10, 2011 by rjs5

About a year ago I promised (and intended) to read and post on Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible. Other topics and time constraints interfered and this book was pushed … Continue reading →

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Is Free Will Anti-Science?

Posted on May 27, 2010 by rjs5

Anthony R. Cashmore, Robert I. Williams Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania wrote his inaugural article following election to the National Academy of Science on The Lucretian swerve: The biological basis of human behavior and the criminal justice … Continue reading →

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