Darrell Bock recently discussed his use of Bart Ehrman’s The New Testament: An Historical Introduction for this course for his classes. The focus was on the clear bias of Ehrman, and, as I want to bring out, how we need to be very careful and purposeful when reading the man’s works. He has contributed some [...]
At least that’s what John H. Yoder liked to call it. Behind the simple claim that only violence is effective, there is a power of deception deeper than mere illogic. One of its most extreme forms is what I have called the “King-Che discrepancy.” The thought pattern is widespread. I was first struck by it [...]
Liberty University finally released their official statement on the Ergun Caner issue.
The social contract rootage of a moral imperative or legal provision, to which modern thought usually resorts in order to explain when something is right or wrong, would lie in calculations about what kind of society you get if life is protected or if it is not. This kind of thinking generally calls for the [...]
Recently I referred to the news bit on the discovery of Peter and Paul (but not Mary? ) iconic art. The masterful one, Ben Witherington, mentioned it as well: So while I find this story ([click here]) interesting, it is hardly earth-shattering and the claims about what is ‘earliest’ are probably rather hyperbolic. True, but [...]
Book Review of "A Guy's Guide to Life" by Jason Boyett
Yoder produced an excellent commentary on Matthew xx.25-26 and lording over others. Some things to think on.
In a bit of cool news, I ran across this article at MSNBC.com: The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials said Tuesday. The images, which date from the second half of the [...]
This is a very interesting video. A group of Christians attempt to hand out English-Arabic versions of the Gospel of John outside a Muslim festival. After being detained, they are told they must be over 5 blocks away to do so legally. I’m not big on the over-hyped, scare the Christians sort of thing. And [...]
Walking through The Apocalypse, translating from the Greek as a continuing student of the language and the Scriptures, and bringing up points I find interesting and significant along the way.
