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Why I Don’t Like Left Behind
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Hat tip to Gentle Wisdom for this quiz on eschatology: What’s your eschatology?created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Amillenialist Amillenialism believes that the 1000 year reign is not literal but figurative, and that Christ began to reign at his ascension. People take some prophetic scripture far too literally in your view. Preterist 100% Amillenialist 100%…
The Locus of Biblical Inspiration
Byhenry
I was doing my morning reading a couple of days ago from the book of Hebrews. One of the verses that caught my eye this time was Hebrews 2:6-9, and particularly verse 7, quoted from Psalm 8:5 (all verse numbers from the English Bible, Psalm 8:5 is 8:6 in Hebrew). Now this quotation is an…
Bruce Epperly on Prayer Changing Things
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I wrote recently that I prefer “prayer changes you” to “prayer changes things” but I don’t deny that prayer changes things. But how? Bruce Epperly contributes a post to Ponderings on a Faith Journey that looks at this along with the idea of human freedom. I know that any form of open theism tends to…
The Most Wasted Piece of Architecture
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As I was driving with my wife yesterday, I made a comment that had been bugging me all day. “You know,” I said, “A church sanctuary is the most wasted piece of architecture you’ll see on the landscape.” Now my wife knows not to go wild when I say things like that. She didn’t ask…
A New Kind of Publishing
Byhenry
When I was persuading by my wife and daughter to get a 21st century cell phone, my now indispensable Palm Centro, my friends were amused but not surprised that I soon had Bible software on it. I must confess that the one time I used that Bible in church I got some really suspicious looks. …
Next Biblical Studies Carnival
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. . . will be at Metacatholic, and he is calling for submissions as comments to the post I’m linking right here.