Monthly Archives June 2010

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

30 June 2010 Theology  2 comments

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

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Do you support carrying guns into churches?

28 June 2010 Top Stories  9 comments

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

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Watching for Ehrman and his bias

28 June 2010 New Testament  No comments

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

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The old King-Che Discrepancy

26 June 2010 Nonviolence  2 comments

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."

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Official statement from Liberty University on Ergun Caner

25 June 2010 Islam  3 comments

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

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The imago dei deserves our love

24 June 2010 Nonviolence  One comment

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

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Ben Witherington on those 4th Century Icons

24 June 2010 Church History  No comments

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 () interesting, it is hardly earth-shattering and the claims

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Reviewed “A Guy’s Guide to Life” by Jason Boyett

22 June 2010 Book Review  No comments

Book Review of "A Guy's Guide to Life" by Jason Boyett

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Yoder on Jesus and lording it over.

22 June 2010 Nonviolence  One comment

Yoder produced an excellent commentary on Matthew xx.25-26 and lording over others. Some things to think on.

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4th century icons of Peter and Paul discovered

22 June 2010 Church History  One comment

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,

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Not allowed to distribute the Gospel of John in Michigan?

22 June 2010 Islam  6 comments

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

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Walking through The Apocalypse, i.1-3

21 June 2010 Featured Highlights, Greek Translation  3 comments

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.

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ABCs The New Face of American Evangelicalism

20 June 2010 Theology  No comments

Here's a short video interview with a panel on ABC News discussion the "New Face of American Evangelicalism."

This is an interesting discussion. Ultimately, I'm not sure how helpful it would be to someone who holds to the more traditional

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Considering Intentional Community

19 June 2010 Theology, Top Stories  7 comments

Eddie just wrote a quick post about what a good idea intentional Christian communities are. I wanted to flesh that out a bit with some resources to check into and some thoughts that we have passed around ourselves about living intentionally for

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A Real translation of the Bible?

19 June 2010 Bible Translations  5 comments

Looks like another translation of the Bible has started to make rounds, the Real Word of God, claiming to be

The first literal translation of the Received Text of the Bible in four centuries

Real Word Of GodReal Bible,

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Intentionally communing together is such a good idea

18 June 2010 Theology  3 comments

Seriously, the idea of an intentional community should invigorate, empower, and encourage any disciple of Jesus today. I love hearing about couples, families, groups being a part of an intentional community. I get a little more hopeful each time

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