God is not the Creator, claims OT Professor

Most OT professors acknowledge that God is Creator as it is explicity stated in Genesis and the rest of the Bible. The one million dollar question is how God created the world. More recently, Ellen van Wolde, a renown Professor of Old Testament in the Netherlands states boldly that “the first sentence of Genesis “in [...]

Ten Top (Biblical) Discoveries

 
 
More Recently biblical archeologists have discovered some amazing, useful historical sites pertaining to the social setting, architecture,  culture, and backgrounds of the Bible and its surroundings. If you are interested to know the Ten Top Biblical discoveries, click on the link below to read the article and the photos associted with the discoveries:
Ten Top Discoveries

Ashkelon’s Arched Gate [...]

The Bible and the American Future

 

 www.bibleandtheamericanfuture.com   |   www.stmarks.org     

 
 
Dominic Crossan, Walter Brueggeman,
and Ben Witherington will keynote at this historic
National Theological Conference
October 18-20, 2009
 

On October 18-20, 2009, a one-of-a-kind, historic national theological conference will take place, where twelve well-known, world class
scholars from a variety of religious traditions will discuss
The Bible and the American Future
Are you looking for something new [...]

The Bible and Critical Theory

Roland Boer, Rescuing the Bible: A response
Anne Elvey
The Bible and Critical Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2: 20.1-20.8.
http://publications.epress.monash.edu/doi/abs/10.2104/bc090020?ai=rs&ui=mim&af=T
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How the Bible can be red: Some thoughts on Roland Boer’s Rescuing the
Bible
George Aichele
The Bible and Critical Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2: 21.1-21.7.
http://publications.epress.monash.edu/doi/abs/10.2104/bc090021?ai=rs&ui=mim&af=T
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A religious left assessment of Roland Boer’s Rescuing the Bible
David Jobling
The Bible and Critical Theory, Vol. 5, [...]

Around the Blogs

We begin with Prof. Dave Black ’s observation, “A Christian is expected not only to think well but to do good, and to fail in the latter is to fail in the former. He also remarks, Jesus’ words, “Greater love has no man than this, that he should lay down his life for his friends,” are [...]

John Piper – What I Mean by Preaching

“Some of you may have little or no experience with what I mean by preaching. I think it will help you listen to my messages if I say a word about it.
What I mean by preaching is expository exultation.
Preaching Is Expository
Expository means that preaching aims to exposit, or explain and apply, [...]

Greg Boyd Did it again: The Patriot’s Bible — Really?

The Patriot’s Bible — Really?
Posted: 08 May 2009 09:40 AM PDT

“Have you ever seen the Saturday Night Live skit entitled “Really? With Seth and Amy”? Sometimes it’s pretty funny. I was thinking that perhaps the best way to get through my critique of The American Patriot’s Bible (henceforth Patriot’s Bible) would be to give a [...]

Some Things I don’t Understand in the Bible

I could name many.
There are some “things” I just don’t get in the Bible. Sometimes they are metaphors, imagery, statements or commands.  A few examples are named below:
1. What does it mean to be “like” Christ?
2. What does it mean to “follow” Jesus?
3. The idea of imitating Jesus Christ, same as # 1
4.  What does [...]