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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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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Thoughts sparked by reading Paul's salutation to the church of Rome.
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I've started to read Bart Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus" and then will get into "Jesus Interrupted" before the library needs them back. I'm not going to do any book reviews, but I will point out some goods and bads that I see for issues that I want to discuss. Other real scholars have covered the books, and I'd point you in their direction for thorough reviews.
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I'm simply giving my thoughts on what to do about the woman caught in adultery. Not the woman herself, but the story.
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I recently went through the sermon series on Revelation by Shane Hipps, pastor at Trinity Mennonite Church. Well, minus the third sermon in the series that is. Apparently the praise and worship time was recorded and uploaded instead of the sermon on that day. So I’m still waiting to get my hands on that one. Regardless1, I trucked through the series and was impressed by more than a few points [...]
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