This morning I posted a tweet on inerrancy which prompted a reply from the philosopher Paul Franks. I thought it […]
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The Biblical Illiteracy of Christian Fundamentalists: The Case of Ligonier Ministries
Let’s continue our look at (conservative Calvinist) Ligonier Ministries’ recent survey on “The State of Theology”. (For Part 1, see […]
Bible, fundamentalism, hermeneutics Ligonier MinistriesIf the Bible is a map for how to get to heaven, it isn’t a very good one
We’re all familiar with the fire evacuation maps on the inside of a hotel room door. In a brief, succinct, […]
Bible, bibliology, hermeneutics, special revelationJesus, the God of Genocide, and William Barclay
William Barclay (d. 1978) is a lot like C.S. Lewis in one key respect: he was a British scholar widely […]
Bible, biblical violence, hermeneutics, revelation, William BarclayIs the Exodus as important to Christian belief as Jesus’ resurrection?
When I was growing up, I learned to read biblical narratives as historically reliable accounts of past events. Whether the […]
Bible, bibliology, inerrancy, inspiration, revelationHidden in Plain View: A Review
Lydia McGrew, Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned coincidences in the Gospels and Acts (DeWard, 2017). Over the last few decades, Christian […]
apologetics, Bible, Hidden in Plain View, Lydia McGrew, reviewWho is the Fool? How Christians misread the Bible to attack atheists
This article is an excerpt from my 2015 book Is the Atheist My Neighbor? Rethinking Christian Attitudes Toward Atheism. It’s a […]
atheism, Bible, hermeneutics, Is the Atheist My Neighbor?Did the biblical concept of God evolve from polytheism to monotheism?
My 2013 book God or Godless (co-authored with atheist John Loftus) is a collection of twenty short debates. In ten debates I […]
accommodation, Bible, debate, God or Godless, John Loftus, progressive revelationAre Angels and Demons Part of an Obsolete Biblical Worldview?
In his book The Biblical Cosmos (which I just reviewed here), Robin Parry points out that the Bible is written against the […]
angelology, Bible, biblical cosmology, biblical inspiration, biblical worldview, demonology, inerrancy, worldviewInerrancy: Still Hazy After All These Years
I grew up in a Pentecostal fundagelical church where we prided ourselves on taking Scripture seriously. That meant, among other […]
Bible, biblical inspiration, evangelicalism fundagelicalism, fundamentalism, inerrancy