Theology
Fundamentalist Hermeneutics
From a netfriend: It’s amazing what lengths inerrantists will go to provide false ‘harmonizations’ to the contradictions in the Bible. I don’t know if you’ve read Kathleen C Boone’s book on the topic, but she explained their tendentious approach in this quote: “This stance – any answer will do, so long as it adheres to […]
Genesis
Here’s an early ‘lesson’ in a good online theology study course: The Law The first of the three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible is called Torah in Hebrew; this is normally translated with the English word “Law”. The Law is made up of the five books of Moses, also known as the Pentateuch: Genesis, […]
Pharisaism (James A. Fowler)
Pharisaism A history of the Pharisees, explaining how their religious tendencies are still evident in contempoary religious expression, and are contrary to the teaching of Jesus Christ. ©1999 by James A. Fowler. All rights reserved. You are free to download this article provided it remains intact without alteration. You are also free to transmit this […]
Redaction Criticism
Redaction Criticism is the study of editorial activity. A redactor is simply an editor who shapes the material he has received for a purpose. Sometimes the purpose of the redactor is in harmony with the author and sometimes it is not. In this segment of our study we will be examining the methods used to […]
A Baptist Statement of Faith
The doctrinal statement of Quartz Hill School of Theology is based on the Baptist Faith and Message adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention on May 9, 1963. ——————————————————————————– The Bible ——————————————————————————– The Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is the record of God’s revelation of Himself to humanity. It is a perfect treasure […]
Bible Codes
From a colleague who is a NT scholar: In response to a question about ‘Bible Codes’: I’m not sure which particular book on the ‘Bible Code’ you mean, — there have been several in this vein. As usual there’s a mixture of truth and error. The truth is that BOTH Hebrew and Greek alphabets functioned […]
The ‘Reliability’ of the New Testament
A friend who is a very competent, evangelical New Testament scholar recently responded to these questions: Are there ‘errors’ in the NT documents? Response: I prefer not to use the language of ‘errors’ as it usually privileges a particular scientific-historical view of truth (or ‘modernist’ view of truth) that many in our churches are unhelpfully […]
Theological Liberalism
(Note: I’m not an expert in Orthodox or Catholic theological spectrums, so will limit this discussion to the Protestant scene). Non-Catholic/Orthodox ‘Christians’ can roughly be put into about ten theological categories. They are (from left to right): ‘radical liberal’ (eg. Cupitt), ‘liberal’ (Tillich, Robinson, Kung, Spong), ‘neo-orthodox’ (Barth), ‘liberal evangelical’ (Fosdick), ‘radical evangelical’ (Wallis), progressive/ […]
Some Numerical Discrepancies In The Bible
The tone of this is a little (!) cynical, but is posted here for information re the inerrancy debate. Rowland. Shalom! Rowland Croucher Numerical errors abound in the bible. Here are just a few more to make the point. When did Ahaziah son of Jehoram begin his reign in Judah? “In the eleventh year of […]
More quotes on Fundamentalism
Peter Cameron “Fundamentalism and Freedom” (Doubleday; Sydney: 1995.) p 6 the following features of Fundamentalists- a distrust and fear of freedom … p. 10 ff They will be fearful in the face of any challenge to their security and brutal in their reaction; they will seek to bolster their security by persuading others of its […]
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