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What the Bible Says About Dogs (and why it matters)
Many Christians think the Bible is a handbook for all of life. In this video, I test that idea by […]
Bible, dogs, hermeneutics, interpretation, theologyFundamentalist Biblical Interpretation: A Critique
Millions of conservative Protestant Christians (fundamentalists and evangelicals) believe that the Bible should be interpreted “literally where possible”. But is […]
Bible, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, hermeneuticsWhen conservative Christians confuse their interpretation of the Bible with the Bible
Yesterday, I tweeted the following observation: Many Christian conservatives profess to defend the inerrancy of Scripture when, in fact, they […]
fundamentalism, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspirationThe Imprecatory Pretzel: Why it doesn’t work to use the Psalms to curse your enemies
Many Christians think that the imprecatory psalms provide models for how to curse one’s enemies. The hermeneutical assumption seems to […]
biblical inspiration, biblical violence, ethics, hermeneutics, imprecatory psalmsWhat’s Wrong with Young Earth Creationism?
A few weeks I appeared on the Skeptics and Seekers Podcast to debate young earth creationism. In preparation for the […]
Bible, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, science, young earth creationismAre young earth creationists the most faithful Bible readers?
This is the question I debated with David Johnson of the Skeptics and Seekers Podcast. Johnson, an atheist, argued that […]
debate, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, podcast, young earth creationismA street apologist puts me in my place
Here is a video by a self-described street apologist who critiques my critique of William Lane Craig on biblical atrocities. […]
biblical atrocity, biblical violence, critique, ethics, hermeneutics, Randal Rauser, street epistemology, theology, William Lane CraigFour (or more) Steps to Making Sense of Biblical Violence
I was recently asked on Twitter how I deal with the problem of biblical violence, that is, the problem of […]
Bible, biblical violence, ethics, hermeneutics, violenceTaking the Bible Seriously (But not Literally) Word for Word
The Bible should be taken seriously word for word. That does not mean it should be taken literally word for […]
Bible, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, literal interpretation, literal sense