Back on July 5th I posted a recommendation for Jack Collins' book Did Adam and Eve Really Exist?: Who They Were and Why You Should Care. I really enjoyed the book and it help me see how positions other than my own (which is pretty conservative) can still be reconciled to the Biblical narrative. Kevin DeYoung posted a review also … Continue reading Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? (Email Exchange)
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Christopher Wright on Slavery in Ancient Israel
This past Sunday I mentioned Christopher Wright and his helpful comments on slavery in the Old Testament. I thought I could summarize one section of his book Old Testament Ethics for the People of God. Chapter 10 of Wright's book wrestles with how God's people are to relate to the cultures in which they live. Wright … Continue reading Christopher Wright on Slavery in Ancient Israel
Sanctity of Human Life
This week I was leading a discussion for the college students on 'the big story' of the Bible. We started, of course, with creation (after a brief prologue on the eternal community of the Trinune God). I am reminded almost daily how important Genesis 1-3 are for us as believers. There is so much explanatory … Continue reading Sanctity of Human Life
If My Kids Asked Rob Bell’s Questions, part 2
Again, what if my boys asked me the questions Rob Bell posed in his video? Dad, will only a few select people make it to heaven? And will billions and billions of people burn forever in hell? Son, first let me caution you about the way this question is coming out. The way you're asking … Continue reading If My Kids Asked Rob Bell’s Questions, part 2
>The Bible, History, and the Historian
>In his book Art of Biblical History, The, V. Phillips Long approaches a question I get all the time from students - why do scholars disagree? The books I read in seminary on the OT are quite different from the critical books an IU student would read in an Intro the the OT. Why the … Continue reading >The Bible, History, and the Historian
God Entranced 