Millions of conservative Protestant Christians (fundamentalists and evangelicals) believe that the Bible should be interpreted “literally where possible”. But is […]

Bible, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, hermeneutics

When conservative Christians confuse their interpretation of the Bible with the Bible

October 27, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

Yesterday, I tweeted the following observation: Many Christian conservatives profess to defend the inerrancy of Scripture when, in fact, they […]

fundamentalism, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspiration

The Imprecatory Pretzel: Why it doesn’t work to use the Psalms to curse your enemies

October 23, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

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 psalms

What’s Wrong with Young Earth Creationism?

October 22, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

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 creationism

Are young earth creationists the most faithful Bible readers?

October 12, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

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 creationism

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