“Possibilities for bringing justice and mercy, genuine freedom and prosperity, to the whole world. Empires always carry that possibility. But, alas, empires always also, for the same reason, face the temptation to use their power
Dick Keyes, The Lordship of Christ. It made me think of a comment about Paul’s preaching concept – ‘you preach the Bible without all the crap.’ This is the spiritual/secular dualism that Keyes rejects. He
I was talking to someone about various issues that come up in New Testament studies, like say differences in the birth narratives of Jesus. Churches sometimes gloss over or hide these issues. So when someone
Yes, in fact I own a copy of Ramm’s book The Christian View of Science and Scripture. That book did so much to boost my faith. The main thing that kept me from the gospel
3/1/07 Looking through The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, as I was thinking about Ronald Numbers’ book, I came across the following summary: ‘They share in common the picture of an evangelical world almost completely
4/5/10 Leaving the evangelical world renders so many of the discussions and angst of websites like ‘an evangelical dialogue on evolution’ or ‘Biologos Foundation as irrelevant. comment on Evan Evol blog – Jordan said …
“An eschatological aura allows a nation to forgive itself for its violence. The new nation managed to overlook its genocidal relationship with the Native Americans, as well as to boast of liberty while allowing slavery.
Luke 19:1-10 relates a story that may illustrate this concept. (of salvation being oriented to this life.) Jesus visits the home of a wealthy tax collector named Zacchaeus, who declares that he will give half
First, the general arguments that support evolution are clear enough and have been driven home relentlessly to the satisfaction of an overwhelming majority of trained scientists. Although I am not trained in the sciences, I
I was interested in the chapter on ‘re-reading the prophets’ in this Marcus Borg book I am reading, ‘Reading the Bible Again for the First Time.’ He says that the message of the prophets, in