This morning I posted a tweet on inerrancy which prompted a reply from the philosopher Paul Franks. I thought it […]
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If 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?1 Samuel 15 and Paul Copan’s Middling Compromise
This week “Unbelievable” featured Part 2 of an exchange between Paul Copan and Greg Boyd on Boyd’s new book The Crucifixion of the […]
biblical violence, ethics, Greg Boyd, hermeneutics, Justin Brierley, Paul CopanGod and the Weather Revisited
Ten days ago I posted an article titled “‘I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth…’ Could God be […]
God, hermeneutics, natural evil, providence, weatherBecause Jesus would build a wall, that’s why!
The base of the Statue of Liberty includes this famous poem by Emma Lazarus: “Give me your tired, your poor, […]
Bible, ethics, hermeneutics, immigration