3/21/09 Various Facebook notes copied to here. In support of my rant about how Biblical exposition should be centered on the cross and resurrection vs. finding ‘helpful hints’ , here is a quote from Peter
2/8/09 When I was convinced of the position of the scientific mainstream regarding common descent (that is, all organisms have common ancestors, hence evolution), the question of how to interpret Genesis 1-3 arose in my
4.23.08 Sun I printed out some Sumerian myths to read. I read them at McMenamins while having 2 beers and artichoke dip and chips. I see what Enns means about the creation and flood myths.
Historians will spend the next century analyzing how a country with such allegedly grand democratic traditions was, so swiftly and so easily, brought to the brink of fascism. But one needn’t stretch too far to
An Old Portland calendar I have had a picture that showed the Hotel Eaton in 1957. Curious about its current fate I looked around only to find it is present still — ‘the historic Eaton
For those interested in the creation/evolution discussion, I found this speech by R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, to be quite interesting. He articulates the view that a
Where in the Bible do you find a basis for calling committed, loving same-sex relations (not “lifestyle,” as if it”s some sort of willy-nilly choice) sinful? (Remember, I know the passages you think you have
Two of the most brilliant poets of the beat generation, Kenneth Patchen and Lawrence Ferlinghetti performing their compelling works in a Jazz context. This edition captures the movement in poetry toward all-inclusiveness, and a belief
That the one God of the whole world, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God who gave the Torah, had now unveiled in Jesus the final stage of the plan to bring justice
Narratives provide depth to God’s character without bringing closure to the depiction of God; they present God as a living reality with all the attendant ambiguity and complexity. -Eerdmanns, ‘God’