An Evangelical Takes Evangelicals to Task about Inspiration Today, let’s consider more from Craig D. Allert and his book, A High View of Scripture? The Authority of the Bible and the Formation of the New Testament Canon. As we do, here are just a couple of reminders: Craig Allert is an evangelical who teaches atContinue reading “An Evangelical Takes Evangelicals to Task about Inspiration”
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Another Look: A Horse of a Different Color
Another Look: A Horse of a Different Color This post was originally part of a series in which we reviewed this book: Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible by E. Randolph Richards & Brandon J. O’Brien IVP Books (2012) Misreading Scripture is one of the most important booksContinue reading “Another Look: A Horse of a Different Color”
What Was It Like for Christians in Rome When Romans Was Written?
To read Romans 1-11 well, one must know the context, and that context is mostly portrayed in Romans 12-16. • Reading Romans Backwards, p. 57 • • • In Scot McKnight’s new and wonderfully helpful book, Reading Romans Backwards, Scot contends that “Romans is too often read as if it were theoretical theology. It’s not.Continue reading “What Was It Like for Christians in Rome When Romans Was Written?”
A Post-Progressive Take on the Bible
A Post-Progressive Take on the Bible Richard Beck is moving fast in his “Post-Progressive” series, so I’m going to double up this week on my comments to try and catch up. His fourth post is about progressive Christians and the Bible. As I described in Part 2, progressive Christians have a fraught relationship with theContinue reading “A Post-Progressive Take on the Bible”
Scot McKnight’s Brilliant Insight
Scot McKnight’s Brilliant Insight This summer, I’ve dipped back into Paul’s epistle to the Romans, something I come back to time and time again. I’m trying to work through at least the passages that make the major argument in Douglas A. Campbell’s immense study, The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul.Continue reading “Scot McKnight’s Brilliant Insight”
The Bible’s Formation: Beyond a “Binder” Mentality
One of the best books available on the subject of how the NT canon was formed is Craig Allert’s A High View of Scripture. Allert is an evangelical, but he became troubled with the “dropped from the sky” view of scripture that evangelicals hold. He came to believe “that a high view of Scripture shouldContinue reading “The Bible’s Formation: Beyond a “Binder” Mentality”
N.T. Wright on The Authority of the Bible
N.T. Wright on The Authority of the Bible Most heirs of the Reformation, not least evangelicals, take if for granted that we are to give scripture the primary place and that everything else has to be lined up in relation to scripture. There is, indeed, an evangelical assumption, common in some circles, that evangelicals do notContinue reading “N.T. Wright on The Authority of the Bible”
Richard Beck on Weakness and the Spirit
Note from CM: Thanks to Richard Beck for his series on Paul and the Law at his blog, Experimental Theology. Here is a tremendously insightful post on Paul’s concept of “the flesh” that opens the door, in my view, for a much richer, deeper, and broader understanding of salvation. • • • Richard Beck onContinue reading “Richard Beck on Weakness and the Spirit”
Bits of Wisdom from Jean Vanier
Bits of Wisdom from Jean Vanier The spirituality of L’Arche implies that we act like rabbits and not like giraffes. Giraffes see from afar where they should go. Rabbits sniff their way. We are sniffing our way along, and we will go in the right direction if we keep eating with the poor, living withContinue reading “Bits of Wisdom from Jean Vanier”
Palm Sunday with Frederick Buechener
Palm Sunday with Frederick Buechener WHEN JESUS OF Nazareth rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and his followers cried out, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord,” the Pharisees went to Jesus and told him to put an end to their blasphemies, and Jesus said to them, “I tell you,Continue reading “Palm Sunday with Frederick Buechener”
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