From the interview on the CBD Academic Blog: I think that our goal should be to understand and embrace the perspective reflected by the biblical authors. Our goal is not to read and evaluate the Bible according to the standards of our culture, but to seek to understand the Bible so that we can read …
Category Archives: Cultural Engagement
Troglodytes Can’t Produce Stunning Artistry
Why I’m confident in the Bible (from the interview on the CBD Academic Blog): I think that the Bible itself claims to be totally true and trustworthy, and that we would need far more information than we will ever have to overturn its claims or show its falsehood. Therefore, I want to approach the Bible …
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Defining Marriage
Robert P. George, Sherif Girgis, and Ryan T. Anderson move toward a profound definition of marriage in their article, “The Argument Against Gay Marriage: And Why It Doesn’t Fail.” Choice quotations: “In making our case for conjugal marriage, we consider the nature of human embodiedness; how this makes comprehensive interpersonal union sealed in conjugal acts …
Thinking Clearly about Marriage
Robert P. George, Sherif Girgis, and Ryan T. Anderson expose sloppy thinking in their article, “The Argument Against Gay Marriage: And Why It Doesn’t Fail.” Some highlights: “Professor Yoshino’s response is long on rhetoric designed to stigmatize a position he opposes, and short on arguments that might actually cast doubt on its soundness.” . . …
Testing the AddToAny Share Button
This post is simply a test to see whether the instructions for putting the “AddToAny” share button, which you can find out about here, works. If the thing appears in the bottom of the post, it worked.
Denny Burk Shows How the NIV 2011 Bungles 2 Timothy 2:2
If you’ve been following the discussion about the NIV 2011, don’t miss Denny Burk’s excellent post.
Does the Center of Biblical Theology Speak to Morals, Ethics, Economics, or Politics?
I try to answer the question “How does ‘God’s glory in salvation through judgment‘ relate to the moral, ethical, social, economic, and political issues in our culture?” in a guest post on the Crossway blog.
Brian Croft: The Local Church Can Help You Resist Pornography
Brian Croft has given us yet another helpful resource in Help! He’s Struggling with Pornography. It’s like our culture is a field, and every few feet there is a hidden steel trap. Iron jaws ready to smash shut when triggered, ripping flesh and shattering bone, crippling the unfortunate, unwary pilgrim. How do we recover from …
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History of Ideas Curriculum at the College at Southwestern
I enjoyed seeing the list of authors studied in the overview of the history of ideas at the College at Southwestern. Rather than filing it away in a word doc to come back to, I decided to post it here since it might interest others as well: First Year Early Western Civilization Aristotle Plato Sophocles …
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Does the Center of Biblical Theology Matter?
I try to answer that question in a guest post over at the Sharefaith blog.
Andy and Charles Naselli Review Three Books on Politics
I appreciate and resonate with the Naselli father and son’s review of these books by Grudem, Trueman, and Gerson and Wehner. Update: More info on Andy’s blog.
Video for God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment
(If you’re looking at this post on a reader, you may have to click through to see the video) Hearty thanks to William Wallace for his work on this. Shipping soon from Amazon.
W Conference at SBTS
Conference Info: The W Conference: Simplifying Womanhood in a Complicated World November 19-20 at Southern Seminary Worship Leaders: Mary Kassian and Heather Payne Breakouts on multicultural relationships, girl-girl relationships, girl-boy relationships, balancing, time management, wise spending, spiritual fitness, God’s call, and the P31 wife. Learn to minister to young women! Bring young women! Learn to …
The Journal of Family Ministry (re) Launches at SBTS
Under the leadership of the prolific Timothy Paul Jones, the Gheens Center for Christian Family Ministry has re-launched The Journal of Family Ministry. The editorial introducing the new journal recounts in miniature the remarkable changes that have happened at SBTS since the late 1980s. If you’re thinking about ministering to youth and families, you’ll want …
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Christianity Today’s Piece on Dr. Mohler: Not Liberal Enough
Carl F. H. Henry was instrumental in the start of Christianity Today, and now the magazine has published a cover story on a major proponent of that theological heritage. Molly Worthen’s “The Reformer” deals with R. Albert Mohler Jr., who perhaps more than anyone else today carries the Henry torch. It’s clear from the piece …
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Harvey Mansfield on Gender
Peter Robinson on “Uncommon Knowledge” takes A fascinating look at secular feminism with Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield here. There are five segments total (segment 4 is linked above), and the first, on the reason Ivy League schools lean (perhaps “collapse” would be better than “lean”) left, was particularly interesting. Find all five here: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER …
Brad Green on What Kenneth Starr Faces at Baylor
Justin Taylor recently noted: Brad Green has a very informative essay in Touchstone Magazine about Starr, the future of Baylor, and the trajectory of Christian higher education. Here’s a snippet: Sloan voluntarily resigned in 2005, served as chancellor for a brief time, and then left Baylor to become president of Houston Baptist University in 2006. After he …
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Hunter Baker Gheens Lectures
From Southern Seminary: Dr. Hunter Baker will deliver the Fall 2010 Gheens Lectures, “The System Has a Soul: Lectures on Christianity and Secularism,” in Heritage Hall on September 14-15. Dr. Baker is Senior Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science at Union University. He has written for …
Sermons on Ezra
It has been my privilege to preach through the book of Ezra at Kenwood, and here are the sermons in one post: June 27, 2010, Ezra 1-2, God Keeps His Promises July 4, 2010, Ezra 3, Disappointing Fulfillment July 18, 2010, Ezra 4, In the World You Will Have Trouble August 1, 2010, Ezra 5-6, The Second …
Qumran Scrolls and the Date of Daniel
Here are some highlights from Gerhard Hasel’s essay, “The Book of Daniel Confirmed by the Dead Sea Scrolls,” Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 1/2 (1990): 37-49. “At this juncture we need to make the point that according to current historical-critical opinion with its ‘Maccabean hypothesis,’ the book of Daniel originated in its present form …