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Theology

Is Christianity Making a Difference?

July 15, 2010

There are two excellent posts seeking to deal with this question. The first is at Daniel Kirk’s blog here. The second is at Andrew Perriman’s blog here. Kirk wrestles with the question of why the Church seems to be behind the rest of the world in actually making a difference in people’s lives. He examines [...]

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Were Various Immersions Required in the Torah?

July 6, 2010

In his book, The Meaning and Mode of Baptism, Jay Adams points out something I had never noticed before. In Hebrews 9:9-10, the author of Hebrews refers to “various washings” required by the Torah. Here’s the text: This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect [...]

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John Piper and Justin Taylor Are Stealing My Content

June 23, 2010

It’s true. John Piper and Justin Taylor are content thieves! Case #1 In September of last year I wrote about Seeds Family Worship, a great musical resource for helping your kids memorize Scripture. I just recently posted some info about them again on my Facebook profile. Well wouldn’t you know, just at the beginning of this [...]

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N.T. Wright on Eschatological Language

May 3, 2010

This is from a panel discussion at the Wheaton Conference Wright spoke at recently. Wright is speaking about eschatological language and the misunderstanding that ensues when one assumes eschatological genres are literal genres: I love John Barton’s line that when we read an Old Testament text which says, “The sun will be turned into darkness [...]

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Why You Should Never Apologize for Jesus’ Humanity

April 20, 2010

Daniel Kirk asks, “Ever get the sense that Christians are apologetic about the fact that Jesus was a human?” Good question. We put a lot of emphasis on the fact that Jesus is God, and rightly so. But sometimes it seems his humanity gets lost. Or at least the significance of his humanity gets lost. [...]

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Here’s the ABC News Video on Bruce Waltke

April 17, 2010

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series Bruce Waltke and the Creation Debate

In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the video from ABC News on the Waltke situation:

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Copernicus’ Heliocentricty a Dangerous Threat to Inerrancy

April 16, 2010

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Bruce Waltke and the Creation Debate

I’ve recently discovered this blog post from an ancient Church blog. I present it to you with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek! ————- A wolf in sheep’s clothing, that “noted scientist,” Copernicus, has recently defended the belief that the sun is the center of the universe. Worse yet, he claims that so-called “scientific” [...]

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Waltke’s Survey on Hindrances to Creation by Evolution

April 13, 2010

This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Bruce Waltke and the Creation Debate

Bruce Waltke conducted a survey in 2009 about hindrances people have to accepting evolution as a God-ordained and God-guided process of creation. Again, just to be clear, I’m not advocating a particular view of creation or evolution here; I’m just providing this information to further the discussion on the heels of Waltke’s recent resignation from [...]

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How To Trust the Bible if Evolution Is True

April 12, 2010

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Bruce Waltke and the Creation Debate

Whenever the creation/evolution issue comes up, one of the guaranteed arguments most literalists (i.e., “6, 24-hour day” creationists) give is this: If we can’t trust Genesis 1-3, then how can we trust anything else the Bible says? This is how Ken Ham’s organization, Answers In Genesis, puts it: If we trust the Bible for our [...]

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Bruce Waltke’s Letter to RTS/Orlando Constituency

April 12, 2010

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Bruce Waltke and the Creation Debate

This letter is from Dr. Waltke’s Facebook page: Holy week and the Monday through Wednesday of this week have been a uniquely hectic experience in my 79 years, to say the least. So hectic, I did not even follow the New York Yankees in the New York Times, my team for more than 70 years! [...]

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