Category: Interpretation

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...

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...

The Prodigal Son An interesting post over at Andrew Perriman's blog complains about the tendency of preachers to use the parable of the prodigal son as a salvation message. Perriman's point is that this parable, along with...

The next time I have a few bucks, Justification: Five Views is the book I'm buying. Not only is it very timely given the debates these days between traditional reformed views and NPP (New Perspective on Paul), as probably...

UPDATE: See below for a response from Mars Hill and my comments. First, to be fair, I have not seen a statement by Mars Hill on this. But the fact that there is nothing readily available seems to suggests that... there is...

It's kind of odd to take a break from writing by writing more, but here I am writing a blog post after several intense hours of thesis writing. I've been deep in questions about the source of New Testament sayings. Case in...

Rather than posting about random things that catch my interest, I thought I would work through some biblical material on a semi consistent  basis. Note that I still reserve the right to write about random things catch my...

I had fun sharpening swords with Marc Cortez over at Scientia et Sapientia last week over the Christian view of personal freedom.  We might also call this the "Calvinism - Arminianism" debate to make it more easily...

Sometimes a topic gets to me and I can't do anything else until I've written about it. Case in point: Barth Ehrman's latest shocking book, Forged. Following his m.o., Ehrman is very provocative and oversteps the actual data...

Yesterday I claimed that Bell and Camping have together left the impression that the meaning of the Bible is up for grabs. But is the Bible really so hard to understand? Is it really so contradictory or nebulous?  I don't think...