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Zilpha Elaw: 19th Century Inerrantist for Abolition and Women’s Ordination
I have perhaps become a little infamous for my negative theology and criticisms of the Chicago Statement on Inerrancy. If people think that my outright rejection of this statement makes me a heretic, then so be it. I could care … Continue reading
Posted in gender, Holy Spirit, the Bible
Tagged Biblical inerrancy, Black history, ordination, The Holy Trinity, Women's studies
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T. Michael Halcomb: Appealing to the Greek, Or How Not to do a Word Study
This is a video that shows some of the fallacies pastors and scholars make when using the Greek or original languages when justifying their interpretations. I especially loved the last one, the Word Count fallacy. Oh, this greek word shows … Continue reading
Posted in bibliobloggers, the Academy, the Bible
Tagged Biblical languages, Michael Halcomb
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A Challenge for Bibliobloggers: An October Video Debate on Mythicism/Historical Jesus
As Joel and I were talking about my idea for video debates between bibliobloggers, Joel proposed this idea: From Joel’s post on The first Monthly Biblioblogger Video Blog Carnival-October 2011 on Mythicism. “During the first week of October, I would … Continue reading
Posted in technology, the Academy, the Bible
Tagged biblical studies, historical jesus, Joel Watts, Myths and Folktales
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Paul Tillich and the Protestant Principle
“The criterion of the truth of faith, therefore, is that it implies an element of self-negation. That symbol is most adequate which expresses not only the ultimate but also its own lack of ultimacy. Christianity expresses itself in such a … Continue reading
Process Theology: There is no special revelation
On my struggle with the nature/grace dichotomy Yesterday, I corresponded with a fellow blogger about the topic of Nature versus Grace. Does Grace supersede nature or does Grace perfect nature? Why is this question important? I think it is important … Continue reading
