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Why belief in divine inspiration commits the reader to wrestling with Scripture
We begin with a tweet from Brian Zahnd: “Biblical inerrancy” is an empty signifier. Why? Because an inerrant text still has […]
biblical inspiration, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspirationPete Buttigieg and the Christian Defense of Same-Sex Marriage through Experience
In his book The Bible Made Impossible, Christian Smith identifies a problem with the use of the Bible as a […]
ethics, hermeneutics, Pete Buttigieg, same-sex marriageDoes inerrancy apply to the human authors of the Bible?
This morning I posted a tweet on inerrancy which prompted a reply from the philosopher Paul Franks. I thought it […]
Bible, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspiration, Paul Franks, revelation, theologyIf you reject evolution, should you accept a flat earth?
Yesterday, I posted the following tweet: “I’ll agree that ‘evolution is only a theory’ if you’ll agree that it is […]
earth science, flat-earth, hermeneutics, science, theology, young earth creationismWould Jesus want you to stay married to a psychopath?
This morning, I tweeted the following survey: Clinical psychopaths are manipulative anti-social narcissists who are incapable of experiencing love or […]
biblical ethics, hermeneutics, Jesus, marriage, psychopathy, sexual ethicsIf 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 BarclayThe Complementarian Dilemma
Egalitarianism is the view that all offices of church ministry and leadership should be open to both genders. By contrast, […]
biblical ethics, complementarianism, egalitarianism, ethics, hermeneutics, sexismWho 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?