Archive from June, 2010
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By     |    Jun 30, 2010
Posted in: Theology     |    2 Comments

Your story’s no good. Here’s a better one.

The Ergun Caner saga trudges along, like an Ernest Shackleton expedition into the cold, dark places no one wants to go; but, face it, we have to. Recently, Liberty University released their official statement following their investigation into the problematic, contradictory stories Dr. Caner has been telling (in the school, in various churches, during interviews, to different audiences) since he was first asked to speak as an ex-Muslim authority post-9/11. Because Ergun [...]

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By     |    Jun 28, 2010
Posted in: Top Stories     |    9 Comments

Do you support carrying guns into churches?

The issue of carrying guns, whether concealed or not, into a gathering of the church body (regardless of how your congregation meets together, when, where, etc.), is a major one for me. I’ve discussed it before (for example, here) and will continue to do so. Centurion’s Guild linked to an article from May posted Universal Life Church titled, “Who Would Jesus Shoot?” Read it over here. You should be challenged [...]

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By     |    Jun 28, 2010
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Watching for Ehrman and his bias

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 challenging (and ultimately helpful) texts, but if you’re not well grounded in Christian history, and [...]

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By     |    Jun 26, 2010
Posted in: Nonviolence     |    2 Comments

The old King-Che Discrepancy

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 in 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr. had just been assassinated. Many leaped to the [...]

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By     |    Jun 25, 2010
Posted in: Islam     |    3 Comments

Official statement from Liberty University on Ergun Caner

Liberty University finally released their official statement on the Ergun Caner issue.

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By     |    Jun 24, 2010
Posted in: Nonviolence     |    1 Comment

The imago dei deserves our love

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 protection of the life of the good, and of those who protect others, but it [...]

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By     |    Jun 24, 2010
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Ben Witherington on those 4th Century Icons

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 I was just stuck by the Star Trek like technology, where lasers are used with [...]

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