Quotes on recorder made in August 2008, mostly from Bernard Ramm, ”After Fundamentalism” and a book by N.T. Wright but I don”t know which.  One was ”New Testament and the People of God” so maybe

Sun 8/17/08 Third, Barth’s anchoring of ethics in Christology has yet another important advantage. When the Christian church talks about moral issues in society apart from Jesus Christ, it impresses the populace as being prudish,

In light of this first theological conclusion, we must affirm that the “normal” “civil” god of power and might is an idol, and it must be named as such. This god is not the Lord

Apr 18, 2011 reviewed by Mark Allan Powell Two years ago, after Dale Allison published a short book on historical Jesus studies that seemed to question the legitimacy of the enterprise, Scot McKnight, a prominent

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 8:34pm Wright, in dealing with Jesus’ work as work that brings forgiveness of sins, looks to the narratives of the Deuteronomic history, picked up by Isaiah and others, that sin

But for Paul, the problem is not that individuals and communities sin and need forgiveness; in fact, Israel had a system of atonement to deal with sins. The problem is that sin and its henchman

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

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. 

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

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