Christian Carnival CXXXVIII: The Kingdom Beacon Herald
The Christian Carnival CXXXVIII has been posted and for the first time I’ve submitted an entry from this blog.
Go! Read! Enjoy!
The Christian Carnival CXXXVIII has been posted and for the first time I’ve submitted an entry from this blog.
Go! Read! Enjoy!
I’m using “critical” here in two senses: 1) critical study of the Bible, as in using the methodologies of the historical-critical method and 2) critical in the sense of “of key importance. I believe that issues such as the inspiration of scripture, the nature of scripture, historicity (or not) of various passages, and creation and…
I’ve watched with some annoyance as trust in the mainstream media (whatever that is) has diminished, to be replaced by trust in even less reliable news sources. Many media outlets earned popular contempt by their carelessness with the facts. My observation is that the news media have been more biased toward “shallow” than in any…
Since I have been reading the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary on Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy along with the text, I wanted to place a short note about the response to this passage in that commentary. (The author of the Leviticus portion is Dale A Brueggemann.) He notes the command to slaughter all the males, including the…
When driving? (HT: Kouya Chronicle)
There are generally two reactions I hear to this in Sunday School classes and church pews–it’s either fascination, as if the genealogies make or break the Bible or complete indifference, as in “who cares?” Both reactions miss the point. Matthew and Luke are each making a point, and they are making it in a way…
Via Pursuing Holiness.