Christian Carnival CCLXV Posted
… at Chasing the Wind.
Similar Posts
Timo S. Paananen on Forgery Detection
ByhenryJames McGrath links to a PDF by Tim S. Paananen demonstrating some problems with forgery detection via literary parallels. I’ve kept largely silent on the issue of the authenticity of The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife, because I don’t read Coptic and I’m simply not well enough acquainted with the various methodologies that would be required…
Wesley Elsberry Profile
ByhenryThere’s an excellent profile on Wesley Elsberry on the Daily Kos who is both a Christian (United Methodist) and a scientist who accepts the theory of evolution. He works for the National Center for Science Education. This article makes a number of excellent points regarding the need for quality science education. I recommend this excellent…
Put Your Bible Down for a Day
ByhenryThat would be a weird thing for a Bible teacher, such as myself, to say. And indeed, I didn’t say it. Dennis Stout did, over a Christianity Today/Christian Bible Studies.com. There’s some good advice in this article, so I wanted to commend it to my readers.
Evidently the Jesus Seminar is too Religious
ByhenryThe Christian Post reports on a new effort to study the historical Jesus, known as the Jesus Project. Since I don’t always trust the objectivity of the Christian Post (or anyone else including myself, for that matter), I looked for additional information. According to both that source (and others): . . . Dr. R. Joseph…
- Author Related | Bible Study | Biblical Inerrancy | Biblical Inspiration | Christianity | Discipleship | Religion | Revelation
Interpreting the Bible VIII: Biblical Literalism, Attitude, and Avoidance
ByhenryThis is a continuation of my series on interpreting the Bible. The first post in the series is Interpreting the Bible I: Obvious Exegesis, while the most recent one was Interpreting the Bible VII: Christians Contribute to Confusion. As a reminder, my starting point was a number of comments that suggested that those who take…
Another What is a Liberal Christian
ByhenryDavid F. Watson of United Theological Seminary (Dayton, OH), has written a post title What is a Liberal Christian? (HT: Methoblog). I’m not going to dissect his post, because much of what I would have said, he summarized already here: Part of the reason for the difficulty is that “liberal” has at least two meanings…