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Daily Archives: July 31, 2015
The Unborn, Alcohol and Scripture, and the Afterlife
My church’s Sunday School class is going through the United Methodist Church’s Social Principles. We had a lot of good discussions last Sunday: about pay disparity between men and women, alcohol, eugenics, the unborn, rights and responsibilities, the afterlife, and … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, Catholicism, fetal rights, Love Wins, Rob Bell, Social Principles, Unborn, United Methodist Church
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Review: Why Christian Faith Still Makes Sense
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Why Christian Faith Makes Sense, C. Stephen Evans. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015. Summary: Against the contemporary challenges by the New Atheists, this book explores why the Christian faith makes sense, even though the existence of…
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Michael Kok and Critical Questions for the Early High Christology Club
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Michael Kok has a great article up on Bible and Interpretation entitled “Critical Questions for the Early High Christology Club” that discusses some of the main ideas that have been promulgated in recent years…
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Book Review: Charles E. Shepherd, Theological Interpretation and Isaiah 53
Reading Acts Shepherd, Charles E. Theological Interpretation and Isaiah 53: A Critical Comparison of Bernhard Duhm, Brevard Childs, and Alec Motyer. The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 598. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014. Hb $112.00. Link to Bloomsbury This … Continue reading
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