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Following my last post, here is the first installment of a series – biblical scholars from evangelical backgrounds telling their stories about their “aha” moments that convinced them they needed to find different ways of handling the Bible than how they had been taught. In the last day I’ve already gotten 10 […]
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Dealing With the Bible: A Conversation Between Then and Now.
So, here’s my point. There is virtually nothing in the Bible that doesn’t look very similar to what we know […]
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Did the Exodus Story Really Happen?
This blog post was adapted from my recent YouTube video. Good question, and the answer isn’t straightforward. On the positive […]
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The “Pete Ruins Christmas” Series: Jesus the Jewish King
Many of you no doubt are familiar with this Christmas hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”: O come, O come, […]
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The Law of Love
In the Bible scholars often talk of two kinds of law: apodictic and casuistic. These are part of a collection […]
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Author Spotlight: John Sanders
Today’s author is John Sanders and the book is Embracing Prodigals: Overcoming Authoritative Religion by Embodying Jesus’ Nurturing Grace. John […]
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God is Not A Being
A God whose existence or nonexistence you can argue is a thing beside others within the universe of existing things. […]
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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 […]
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Reading Someone Else’s Mail
We got a new mail carrier some time ago, and I keep getting letters that are clearly intended for someone […]
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Anti-Expertism: I Sort of Get It but I Don’t
I have a confession to make. I don’t always know how to handle over-confident, critical comments made to me online […]
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Author Spotlight: Brad Jersak
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 Does Jesus Mean By Fulfilling the Law?
Jesus begins his famous Sermon on the Mount with this: 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish […]
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“Searchers”: The Ignored Demographic of Spiritual Secularists (Guest Post)
Aaron Bjerke is planting a church in NYC out of Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Having been an Assistant Pastor there for seven […]
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Church as It Should Be—What I Am Taking with Me from the Evolving Faith Conference
I spent the weekend in Denver—the place of no humidity—at the 2nd Evolving Faith conference, and of which I hope […]
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Faith and Science: What’s Love Got to Do With It? (Guest Post)
Paul Wallace teaches physics and astronomy at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga, and serves as Pastor for Adult Education […]
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How “How the Bible Actually Works” Works: A Response to Geoff Holsclaw (And Likely Others)
Introduction I would like to thank Geoff Holsclaw for taking the time to write a review of my latest book […]
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Uh, That Sounds Familiar (Again): Noah and Lot in the Book of Genesis
Last week we took a gander at the overlap between the stories of Adam and Noah, and a good time […]
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Uh, That Sounds Familiar: Adam and Noah in Genesis
Some stories in Genesis overlap a lot. Or maybe a better way of putting it is the stories echo each […]
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People over Principles
There’s an interesting story in Genesis that shows God to be unprincipled. And I like it. In Genesis 18, God […]
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