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50 Great Books Every Christian Should Read
Byhneufeld
At least so says the Online Christian Colleges blog. I received a notice of the post in e-mail. Usually that’s not a very productive way to get me to blog about something unless you’re someone I know, and more importantly, someone who knows what I like to blog about. So, folks, don’t make a habit…
Hebrews and the Problem of Writing Introductions
I’m reading through Luke Timothy Johnson’s commentary in the New Testament Library and have just completed the introduction. I have a couple of thoughts today, not least of which is to note the problem with writing introductions. For a reader to truly follow an introduction, it would best come after the commentary and some serious…
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Pope Benedict XVI on Creation-Evolution Controversy
Byhneufeld
My sister e-mail me a link to this article on to me via e-mail. Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countries particularly the United States and his native Germany between creationism and evolution was an absurdity, saying that evolution can coexist with faith. The pontiff, speaking as he was concluding…
Numbers 31 – An Unsatisfactory Response
Since I have been reading the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary on Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy along with the text, I wanted to place a short note about the response to this passage in that commentary. (The author of the Leviticus portion is Dale A Brueggemann.) He notes the command to slaughter all the males, including the…
The Bible Was Not Written to You
I’ve discussed this before, and discussed it both in my books When People Speak for God and Not Ashamed of the Gospel: Confessions of a Liberal Charismatic. I was asked after my Sunday School lesson last Sunday whether Zephaniah’s prophecy in 3:1-8 applied to America. Let me annoy everyone: No and Yes. There is pretty…
Yet Again Hebrews Authorship
In September of 2013 I published a book titled The Authorship of Hebrews: The Case for Paul by David Alan Black. It has been interesting to read material on this topic since. I would note that while I believe Dave’s case is well presented, and was convinced by it to give more room to the…