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    87. From the Bible to Doctrine: A conversation with Stephen Holmes

    March 7, 2016 / Randal / Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist / 4 Comments

    Open up your trusty King James Bible, turn to 1 John 5:7, and read: “For there are three that bear record […]

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    Bible, bibliology, doctrine, doctrine of scripture, hermeneutics, Stephen Holmes, systematic theology, theology

    81. Robin Parry on the Biblical Cosmos

    January 7, 2016 / Randal / Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist / 17 Comments

    In 1993 I spent a summer teaching English in Japan. It was an unforgettable and somewhat unsettling litany of new […]

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    Bible, biblical cosmology, biblical interpretation, hermeneutics, Robin Parry, worldview

    The Church, homosexuality, and the role of personal experience

    November 30, 2015 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 50 Comments

    What role does experience play in doctrinal formulation? Perhaps more importantly, what role should experience play in doctrinal formulation? Those […]

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    Bible, David Gushee, ethics, hermeneutics, homosexuality

    Does Wintery Knight believe the sun orbits the earth?

    October 19, 2015 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 9 Comments

    Yesterday I challenged an anonymous blogger who calls him/herself “Wintery Knight” (henceforth “WK”) on his/her anonymous defense of the Rebellion Thesis (the […]

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    Bible, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspiration, Wintery Knight

    Is the Bible Reliable? The Sermon

    July 14, 2015 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 20 Comments

    This summer I was asked to preach on the following question at Steele Heights Baptist Church in Edmonton: “Is the […]

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    Bible, hermeneutics, inspiration, revelation, sermon

    9. The 59-Second Apologist: If the Bible is God’s Word, then why isn’t it clearer?

    February 25, 2015 / Randal / Podcast-59 Second Apologist, The Tentative Apologist / 156 Comments

    It’s a great question: If the Bible is God’s Word, then why isn’t it clearer? Here’s one good answer: to […]

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    Bible, hermeneutics, inspiration, perspicuity, revelation

    Did God Really Command Genocide? A Review (Part 2)

    January 30, 2015 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 280 Comments

    Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan. Did God Really Command Genocide? Coming to Terms with the Justice of God. Baker, 2014. […]

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    apologetics, biblical violence, divine command ethics, ethics, genocide, hermeneutics, Matthew Flannagan, Paul Copan

    57. Terry Mortenson on Creationism

    January 5, 2015 / Randal / Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist / 51 Comments

    When I was in high school I gave my science teacher a copy of Paul Ackerman’s book It’s a Young […]

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    Bible, creationism, evolution, Genesis, hermeneutics, science, six day creationism, Terry Mortenson, young earth creationism

    Mother Teresa said we find Jesus in the poor. Was she right?

    September 10, 2014 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 21 Comments

    I grew up thinking that salvation consisted of praying a sinner’s prayer. I assumed that Paul had clarified that issue […]

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    hermeneutics, Jesus, Mother Teresa, salvation, social justice

    You can’t judge a book by its cover: A Review of “Death Before the Fall”

    May 21, 2014 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 9 Comments

    Ronald E. Osborn. Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, […]

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    animal suffering, creationism, evolution, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, natural evil, review, Ronald Osborn, theodicy, theology
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