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Monthly Archives: February 2019
Fredriksen-Paul’s “righteoused” pagans
Originally posted on theoutwardquest:
According to Paula Fredriksen in Paul, the Pagan’s Apostle, people have misinterpreted Paul partly because they have used the concept of religion. She has absorbed a lot of the ideas of Brent Nongbri who thinks religion…
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Can God lie? — Triablogue
In my experience, Calvinists typically contend that while God can and sometimes does deceive certain people through secondary means (e.g.1 Kgs 20:23), God cannot lie directly. He can deceive through the instrumentality of others (e.g. Ezk 14:9-10) but he can’t … Continue reading
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Book Write-Up: The State of the Evangelical Mind
Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale, and Christopher J. Devers. The State of the Evangelical Mind: Reflections on the Past, Prospects for the Future. IVP Academic, 2018. See here to purchase the book. Mark Noll is an evangelical scholar and historian. … Continue reading
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Fredriksen-Paul, the Judaizer
Originally posted on theoutwardquest:
In Paul, the Pagan’s Apostle, Paula Fredriksen claims Christians have badly misinterpreted Paul beginning in the Patristic period, even more so in the period of imperial orthodoxy following Constantine, and even up to today’s New Perspective.…
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Is the Resurrection special? — Triablogue
Christian apologists often treat the Resurrect as if that’s a uniquely important miracle. In one sense that’s true, in another sense that’s not the case. Many apologists focus on the Resurrection for two reasons;i) They think that’s the best-attested miracle. … Continue reading
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Stalin on Roosevelt’s “New Deal” and Reforming Capitalism
Originally posted on Socialist Musings:
“The United States is pursuing a different aim from that which we are pursuing in the USSR. The aim which the Americans are pursuing arose out of the economic troubles, out of the economic crisis.…
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Church Write-Up: Loving Enemies and God Picking Up the Pieces
Here is my Church Write-Up about this morning’s LCMS service. Two of our texts were Genesis 45:3-8, 15 and Luke 6:27-38. Genesis 45:3-8, 15 is about Joseph revealing his identity to his brothers, who had sold him into slavery. Joseph … Continue reading
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Fredriksen-Gentiles and delay
Originally posted on theoutwardquest:
Today I continue with my reading of Paula Fredriksen’s Paul, the Pagan’s Apostle. Fredriksen applies her end-time, apocalyptic perspective to issues discussed in Paul’s letters. The first followers of Jesus held that the end, characterized by…
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Book Write-Up: Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue
Thomas M. Crisp, Steven L. Porter, and Gregg A. Ten Elshof. Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue: Moral and Spiritual Change in Christian Perspective. IVP Academic, 2019. See here to purchase the book. This book is about the intersection between … Continue reading
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James' Ramblings 