Browsing the blog archives for October, 2006

29 Oct 06

Pinnock on inerrancy: it's not biblical…

I was on a search for good quotes about inerrancy recently (something I’m trying to collect for this blog) and I came across a webpage claiming that the Evangelical Theological Society is in error for allowing Clark Pinnock to remain a member even though his writings showed that he does not hold up inerrancy. He [...]

2 Comments Posted in inerrancy, quotes by Patrick George McCullough
27 Oct 06

Anonymous Commandments a la Speed Bump

Credits: Dave Coverly, Speed Bump, 10/27/2006
(Opens up a whole new area of source criticism!)

0 Comments Posted in comics by Patrick George McCullough
27 Oct 06

Super-human Scholar Powers

On his blog, my friend talked about what superpower he would pick of he had a choice for one. He went through the various arguments for and against the different possibilities (like how flying would be cool, but he might get sucked in by the intake valve of a low flying jet-liner). He decided on [...]

2 Comments Posted in academia, career, power, research, vocation by Patrick George McCullough
23 Oct 06

Transforming Feminist Anger: A Review of Osiek

[This entry is an assignment for David Scholer's course entitled "Women, the Bible, and the Church." We were to summarize and reflect critically and personally upon Osiek's text. Michelle Baker Wright is the TA and I have included a couple of her comments on my assignment.]
As its title suggests, Carolyn Osiek’s Beyond Anger: On Being [...]

11 Comments Posted in church, coping, feminism, power, sexism, women's roles by Patrick George McCullough
6 Oct 06

From whence Christian baptism?

During last year’s Advent and Hanukah season, my wife and I partook a dinner with a good friend and his Jewish family. Knowing me to be a seminarian, my friend asked about the possible historical connection between the Jewish cleansing ritual called the “mikveh” and Christian baptism. His father, who converted to Judaism from Roman [...]

0 Comments Posted in baptism, judaism, semantics by Patrick George McCullough