This is the first of a series of posts that I originally wrote for http://www.listverse.com. As I started writing, I realized that the individual entries were almost as long as most of Listverse's articles, so I never posted it there. I'm an amateur rock music historian, musician, and lover of all things jam. What are … Continue reading Transcendent Rock & Roll Moment #10: “Mountain Jam”
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How the Ancient Church Interpreted Scripture
http://cloud.feedly.com/e/XZySUttc One of the things that often gets lost in the discussion of inerrancy & how modern Christians should interpret scripture is the question of how the Bible writers themselves interpreted scripture. I have many problems with the very term inerrancy: It's more a political term than a theological one. Seriously: "inerrancy" is mostly used as … Continue reading How the Ancient Church Interpreted Scripture
Christian Leaders and the “Don’t Talk” Rule
Christian Leaders and the "Don't Talk" Rule. If your pastor's response when someone questions his/her decisions, actions, theology, use of money, etc., is "Don't touch the Lord's anointed," YOU NEED TO FIND A NEW PASTOR. Get out of that church. Run, don't walk. True disciples of Jesus Christ are never above being questioned.
Quintessential Guy Movies
These are the essential movies in my 40-something white guy world. I will watch these movies, at least for a few minutes, every time they're on. The Godfather I & II. "Michael Rizzi, do you renounce Satan?" Of course. The Matrix. "You hear that, Mr Anderson? It is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound … Continue reading Quintessential Guy Movies
Hard-Core Christian Patriarchy and Abuse
More greatness. Follow Liberty for Captives; thoughtful & thought-provoking.
The Myth of Biblical Manhood
Brilliant.
After a long correspondence, Mark Driscoll, John Piper, Doug Phillips, and John Eldredge decide to meet at a bar to discuss whose view about Biblical Manhood is most biblical.
At Driscoll’s urging, they gather at the Red Herring Pub in Seattle to knock back a few adult beverages. Fog settles outside. The four men sit at a booth near the entrance, Piper and Phillips on the right, Driscoll and Eldredge to the left.
The bartender comes over.
“I’ll take a Rum and Coke,” says Piper, remembering his days as an Army Ranger.
“Hot buttered rum for me,” says Phillips. It seems a manly Colonial drink.
“Give me a Margarita,” Eldredge says, kicking off his sandals. He wears a loud Hawaiian shirt, untucked.
Driscoll looks askance at Eldredge. “Just give me a Bud,” he says. Then he thinks better of it. “Actually, give me two.”
The bartender leaves and the…
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Women & Ministry, pt 1: Labels
I am not comfortable with the labels that are used in this debate. Am I a "Jesus Feminist”? I can’t be a feminist; I don’t think the Jesus Feminists would have me. I’m a conservative Republican. I’m thoroughly pro-life. I like & admire Sarah Palin. I agree with 85% of what the pro-family movement says. I … Continue reading Women & Ministry, pt 1: Labels
Women & Ministry, pt 2: Exegesis
This is part 2. In 2009, I co-authored a commentary on the Pastoral Epistles and Philemon, published by Smyth & Helwys, Reading Paul’s Letters to Individuals. In it, I argued that Paul’s prescription in 1 Timothy 2.12 (“I do not permit a woman to teach or to usurp authority over a man”) is medicine for a … Continue reading Women & Ministry, pt 2: Exegesis
Reforming Education: Questions that Give Pause
Today, Scot McKnight posted a set of questions regarding educational reform from dianeravitch.net: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2013/11/19/educational-reform-some-caustic-questions/ The author, Robert Shepherd, confronts with apparent anger the assumptions of "the corporate reformers who think they know how to reform American education." I'm the academic VP at a small Christian liberal arts college, the second such post I've held. Altogether, I … Continue reading Reforming Education: Questions that Give Pause
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