Category: Bible

I noticed something interesting in 2 Timothy 1 the other day. Paul writes to his disciple Timothy with instructions about how to carry on his work. He starts out by saying: 3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did,...

This type of article always leaves me a bit disoriented for a day or two. Depressed might be to strong a word, but it's close. A friend of mine tells the story of a Hare Krishna that he met once, back in the day, in a...

'Tis the season (no, not that one yet), to be politic. At my church we did just that a couple weeks ago, with a lecture and discussion on political engagement (click on the link for audio). My part of the event was to talk...

I wrote this on a discussion board where we were talking about how the Bible applies to various controversies. Since these days I'm struggling to keep up with the blog, I thought: "this is brilliant! I'll just repost...

Last week we had a great discussion about John Walton's ideas regarding Genesis at The Forge. John Walton's approach to Genesis 1-2 is to read it in the light of the ancient context in which it was written, not in the light...

I've been reading about US political history a bit lately and enjoying the dialog. I like so much of what the founding fathers believed and incorporated into our nation's DNA.  Freedom of religion and speech are two great ones....

[caption id="attachment_3843" align="alignright" width="140" caption="This is P52, the former earliest fragment of the NT"][/caption] I am the nerdy New Testament kind of guy who day dreams about new ancient manuscripts being...

Yesterday I headed up to Regent College with some friends to hear Scott McKnight expound on the meaning of the gospel in a provocatively sub-titled conference, "How the Plan of Salvation Obscures the Gospel." I was generally...

I mentioned this book on justification  a while back, saying that as soon as I got some cash I would pick it up. Well, Cathy has been reading my blog, and she picked it up for me for Christmas. A funny thing happened, though....

Just finished Ben Witherington's new little book, Is there a Doctor in the House? It has a bit of the feel of a reminiscence but is mainly advice for younger folk who are thinking about becoming Christian scholars. It is...