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Women in First Century Judaism

Byhenry March 9, 2013

Scot McKnight links to a 2009 post on the Yinon blog that’s worth a read.

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Some Dialogue on Inerrancy

Byhenry March 29, 2008

. . . via if i were a bell, i’d ring. Check it out and the links.

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When One Issue Drowns Out Others

Byhenry November 26, 2018

After interviewing Allan R. Bevere a few days ago I discovered another video. First, here’s my interview with Allan. We were talking about the United Methodist Church General Conference in 2019 looking for a way forward as a denomination with regard to same-sex marriage and related issues. The new video is from the Adventist News…

Serious about Whose Faith

Byhenry February 25, 2015

I was mentioned by Ed Brayton (blogs at Dispatches from the Culture Wars) in a comment to a post on Facebook, and made a couple of comments myself. Here’s the Facebook post: There are two things here that interest me. First is the claim that moderates and liberals don’t take their faith seriously. This is…

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Perspectives on Paul 09.30.2020

Byhenry October 2, 2020

Law Through Scripture – I Here is the video (via YouTube) and the PowerPoint slides for my study of September 30, 2020. I am taking a look at the law through scripture and looking at how that impacts Paul and his message. First, the PowerPoint: This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office….

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Peter Enns, Incarnational Inspiration, and Seminary Authority

Byhenry April 6, 2008

In 2005 Peter Enns, a professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, published a book titled Inspiration and Incarnation, and it is likely going to cost him his tenured position. I’m writing about this on this blog because of the implications of his incarnational view of inspiration for Biblical interpretation. I have not yet…

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Can a Liberal Learn from Mark Driscoll?

Byhenry September 22, 2007

I’m using the dreaded “L” word for myself again, because if I was put up against [tag]Mark Driscoll[/tag] I would certainly come out as liberal, no matter how moderate I think I am. Regular readers of this blog know that I disagree with him on a substantial range of issues. There’s a profile of Driscoll…