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
The tea party that was so powerful in the Obama years, roiling Republican Party politics and making stars out of the likes of Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, sputtered out and was subsumed by the
I reviewed the book The Face That Demonstrates The Farce Of Evolution by Hank Hanegraaff last night. I was curious about what the arguments are that are put forth in this popular book. They are:
I was listening to one of N.T. Wright’s series on Jesus (it is available on the N. T. Wright website) and he said that the typical view of Jesus is that he just randomly wanders
There was a certain point in my thinking about evolution as an explanation for the mechanism of God’s creation that I reached the conclusion that there was not a necessary conflict between evolution and the
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