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Last week we took a gander at the overlap between the stories of Adam and Noah, and a good time was had by all. This week, let’s continue the party by looking at the overlap between the stories of Noah and Lot. If I may begin by driving home a […]
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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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America Is Not in the Bible
America is not in the Bible. In no way, shape, or form. Not a hint. Not a whiff. America is not in the Bible, not even here: If my people who are called by my name humble themselves…
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Jesus Invites Interruptions
Feeling lonely is one of the most common symptoms of going through a faith transition. This has been confirmed over […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to God, we are all agnostic. And I think I mean that quite literally. The word comes from the Greek agnosis [α-γνωσις] which simply means “not knowing.” Is there a God? Is there no God? We simply don’t know, if by “know,” we mean, “are certain about […]
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Why It’s Good to Doubt God
About a year ago, I posted on my old website a lecture I gave at Asuza Pacific University on the […]
Continue Reading Al Mohler, Adam, Evolution, and NPR (final)
Today, in my final post in this series, we will look at three more problematic assertions in Al Mohler’s NPR […]
Continue Reading Al Mohler, Adam, and Evolution on NPR
In my last three posts (the first is here), we looked at Al Mohler’s understanding of the relationship between science […]
Continue Reading Al Mohler’s Theory of “Apparent Age”: Two More Problems
In my last post we looked at one problem with Mohler’s theory that the cosmos was created to look billions […]
Continue Reading Al Mohler and the “Apparent Age” of the Cosmos
Al Mohler believes that God created the cosmos, including humanity, about 6000 years ago, but with “apparent age.” That means […]
Continue Reading What Al Mohler Thinks about the Bible and Evolution (and why I am concerned enough to write about it).
Rev. Al Mohler holds strong views on the Bible, what it means to read it correctly, and how taking the […]
Continue Reading Have Evangelicals Made the Bible Impossible?
I just received my copy of Christian Smith’s The Bible Made Impossible (Brazos) and am eager to alert interested readers about […]
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