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Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:10 Thus says the ancient, postexilic, author who went by the penname Qoheleth. Qoheleth likely lived during the time when the Persians ruled, or even later during […]
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What the Bible Says About Right & Wrong
On the podcast we are constantly exploring these two questions: what is the Bible and what do we do with […]
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Author Spotlight: Karen Gonzalez
Have you ever said to yourself, “AHHHHHHHHHH there are so many great books out there I want to read and […]
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What We Have Here is a Communication Problem
Years ago, my post on John Piper and his view on Canaanite genocide garnered a plethora of responses—specifically regarding his […]
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How to Respect Scripture
Back in 2016, Al Mohler wrote about “The Scandal of Biblical Illiteracy” and some of the statistics he cites are […]
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Year of the Bible: What is the Word of God?
The Bible is often called the “word of God,” which means, among other things, that it has final authority over […]
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Apparently 2020 is the Year of the Bible
2020 has the honor of being “The Year of the Bible,” at least according to Bible 2020, a global Evangelical […]
Continue ReadingWe got a new mail carrier some time ago, and I keep getting letters that are clearly intended for someone else, judging by the names and addresses clearly marked on the front of every piece of mail. This is a problem, big enough, perhaps, for even the US Postal Service […]
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At the End of the Day, Here is THE Question that Keeps Coming Up
I recently spent the past few days in (Very) Hot Springs, NC at the Wild Goose Festival—if you don’t know […]
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How Not to Review a Book (or, Here We Go Again)
I don’t normally respond to critical reviews of my books. I don’t really see the point. Not everyone likes every […]
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We Are All Agnostic
When it comes to God, we are all agnostic. And I think I mean that quite literally. The word comes […]
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Rachel Is Weeping for Her Children
This blog series is taken, more or less as is, from my latest book How The Bible Actually Works. You can […]
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Don’t Put God in a Box, Unless You Want to Be Swallowed by a Fish
This blog series is taken, more or less as is, from my latest book How The Bible Actually Works. You can […]
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Making Sense of the God of Old in a 546-Sextillion-Mile-In-Diameter Universe
We are all making sense of God – and many of us have looked to the Bible to do that. […]
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Tiptoeing Around the Touchy Almighty
This blog series is taken, more or less as is, from my latest book How The Bible Actually Works. You […]
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Remembering Rachel
Friends, Monday is our usual day for airing our weekly podcast episode and the obligatory social media posts, but the […]
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Does Your God Recycle?
This blog post is taken, more or less as is, from my latest book How The Bible Actually Works. Should […]
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A Thought about Easter and the Bizarre Christian Faith
I have no problem saying—in fact, I think is it good and healthy to say—that I have, and have always […]
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Using Truth as a Weapon
Just a few weeks ago the Methodist Church, which represents over 12 Million Christians in America, met in St. Louis, […]
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Can the Bible Be “Trusted” and What Does That Even Mean?
The Bible bears the marks of the messiness of the diverse human drama. Christian theology, if it wishes to be compelling and speak into people’s lives, needs to incorporate that fact, not shy away from it.
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