Question Everything, Including the Bible
James McGrath (whose comments are well worth reading) pointed me to this post, and I responded here.
James McGrath (whose comments are well worth reading) pointed me to this post, and I responded here.
I’ve been discussing translation in its relationship to inspiration over the last couple of days, and I just wanted to present a couple of thoughts on how we think about inspiration, especially in practical terms. By “thinking in practical terms” I mean the way in which we apply our understanding of inspiration in our application…
… when the Secretary of State does it. I thought many of these things were so obvious they hardly needed said, but apparently the obvious can be offensive. Perhaps a little truth will help diplomacy. Or not…
… at Parableman. An exceptionally good selection of reading, and I’d say that even if I didn’t have a post in there!
… an excellent short article by Geoffrey Lentz.
And a well worthwhile read it is (or they are).
I wrote a brief post on the suspension of Dr. Peter Enns, tenured professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary on my Participatory Bible Study blog. I put the article there because it relates to Biblical inspiration and interpretation, but I wanted to link from here because it deals with academic freedom.