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 [...]
Entries from October 2006
October 27, 2006
Anonymous Commandments a la Speed Bump
Credits: Dave Coverly, Speed Bump, 10/27/2006
(Opens up a whole new area of source criticism!)
October 27, 2006
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 [...]
October 23, 2006
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 [...]
October 6, 2006
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 [...]
