As you may have noticed, things have been relatively quiet at The Tentative Apologist for the last few days. There’s a good reason for that. On Wednesday-Thursday I spoke at the National Convention for the Fellowship of Christian Assemblies on the topic of Homosexuality, Trangender and Christianity. On Wednesday night I delivered a plenary address […]
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I Object! A Conference on Biblical Violence … and Beyond
If you’re in the Louisville, KY area, check out this mini-conference I’m doing at Daylight Church on June 4-5 to cap off their month-long “I Object” series. Daylight is “a church for not so churchy people” (though I’m sure churchy people are welcome too!). And I really admire the kind of outreach they have to […]
Peter Enns is coming to Edmonton. Or should I say Ennsmonton?
Peter Enns is the author of many popular books including Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament and The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins. He’s also a popular blogger at “Rethinking Biblical Christianity.” And he’s even had the honor of being interviewed on The Tentative Apologist […]
“Unbelievable? The Conference 2014”: For unbelievable people (in a good way)
The world needs more Unbelievable Christians. Let me clarify. I don’t mean the world needs more Christians who are “too dubious or improbable to be believed”. I mean, rather, that the world needs more Christians marinated in the ethos of Justin Brierley’s radio program “Unbelievable”; Christians who welcome irenic discussion about the biggest, most difficult […]
Off to New York
Well I’m off this evening to a conference in New York. The conference is on science and faith and is sponsored by the Biologos Foundation. And it takes place at the Harvard Club just off of Times Square. I have never been to the Harvard Club before, but I’m guessing they won’t let me in […]