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hermeneutics

Red Pen Logic Gets the Red Pen

October 19, 2022 by Randal

A discussion of how Mr. B of Red Pen Logic misrepresents Brandon Robertson by confusing reading the Bible with preaching the Bible. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: exegesis, hermeneutics, preaching

Atheist Edge Debate Debrief and Dialogue

September 19, 2022 by Randal

Yesterday, I appeared back on the Atheist Edge YouTube Channel to debrief my recent debate with Richard Carrier. The host Kaz brought a range of questions and arguments to the discussion. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Atheist Edge, biblical violence, hermeneutics, interview, theology

Did God Command Genocide? An Interview on Capturing Christianity

September 15, 2022 by Randal

Delighted to appear on Capturing Christianity today to talk about the problem of biblical genocide.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, Capturing Christianity, genocide, hermeneutics, interview, Jesus Loves Canaanites

Do All Atheists Suppress Knowledge of God?

May 17, 2022 by Randal

In this short interview with The Analytic Christian I discuss Romans 1 and atheism. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, biblical hermeneutics, exegesis, hermeneutics, Is the Atheist My Neighbor?, Romans 1

Speaking to Abraham’s Silence: A Review

May 15, 2022 by Randal

J. Richard Middleton. Abraham’s Silence: The Binding of Isaac, the Suffering of Job, and How to Talk Back to God. Baker Academic, 2021. The binding (Aqedah) of Isaac is one of the most troubling stories in all Scripture. And it is not hard to see why. The story depicts God commanding a father to butcher […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Abraham, Abraham's Silence, biblical hermeneutics, biblical violence, hermeneutics, review, Richard Middleton

The Problem with Young Earth Creationism in One AiG Tweet

March 11, 2022 by Randal

There are a lot of problems with young earth creationism. Most people are well versed in the scientific problems. But no less daunting are the hermeneutical problems as helpfully summarized in this AiG tweet: God’s Word makes it clear that he created everything in six literal days (as plainly defined per the Hebrew word for […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Answers in Genesis, hermeneutics, young earth creationism

Why God Did Not Command the Slaughter of the Canaanites, Briefly Explained

March 7, 2022 by Randal

This article provides a brief synopsis of a case explaining why God did not command the slaughter of the Canaanites. It is based on a debate opening statement that I gave last year. And it provides an introduction to some of the arguments I develop at length in Jesus Loves Canaanites. “Slaughter” is defined as the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, hermeneutics, Jesus Loves Canaanites

The Limits of Defending Biblical Violence By Appealing to a Big, Wild, and Dangerous God

March 4, 2022 by Randal

Over the years, I have seen many Christians attempt to address problems of divinely sanctioned biblical violence by reframing them as virtues: in short, the bug is a feature. How so? On this re-narration, the problem of biblical violence should remind us that God is big and wild and dangerous. This offers an essential chastening […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, biblical violence, hermeneutics, moral intuitions

Seven Things I Wish Every Christian Knew About the Bible: A Review

January 18, 2022 by Randal

Michael Bird. Seven Things I Wish Every Christian Knew About the Bible. Zondervan, 2021. Seven Things is an introduction to the Bible written by Anglican priest and New Testament scholar Michael Bird. The book is written in seven chapters addressing origins (chapter 1), inspiration and inerrancy (chapter 2), authority (chapter 3), the cultural distance between the biblical […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, book review, hermeneutics, Michael Bird, review

What if God is Dreadful?

November 28, 2021 by Randal

In his book A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis sets aside the task of theodicy that he shouldered in The Problem of Pain in favor of a searing personal account of pain and loss centered on the death of his beloved wife Joy. At one point in the book, he reflects, “Not that I am (I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, hermeneutics, theodicy, theology

Would Jesus have endorsed gay marriage?

October 25, 2021 by Randal

Jesus never talks about same-sex relationships, but he does talk about marriage (e.g. Matthew 19:1-10, Mark 10:1-12). And when he describes marriage, he always does so within the context of an indissoluble male/female covenantal bond. His understanding of the indissolubility aspect is an important topic in the conversation, But here I want to focus on […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical ethics, ethics, gay marriage, hermeneutics, homosexuality

Fundamentalist Bible Reading and Literally False Descriptions of God

September 28, 2021 by Randal

In this video, I explain how a passage like Exodus 32 forces fundamentalist Christians to abandon their “literalist” approach to Bible reading or face stark theological consequences. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, biblical violence, fundamentalism, hermeneutics

How Professional Wrestling can Help Us Understand the Bible

July 26, 2021 by Randal

In this video, I argue that in the same way that we can appreciate professional wrestling as performance even if it is not a conventional sport, so we can appreciate non-historical aspects of the biblical narrative even if they are not literally true. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, professional wrestling

Biblical Violence and Epistemology: A Conversation with Counter Apologist

June 28, 2021 by Randal

In this video, I have a conversation with atheist blogger Counter Apologist over biblical violence and epistemology in conversation with my book “Jesus Loves Canaanites.” ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, Counter Apologist, epistemology, hermeneutics

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