Theology
The Law of the Excluded Middle (Aristotle)
“There are some who, as we said, both themselves assert that it is possible for the same thing to be and not to be, and say that people can judge this to be the case. And among others many writers about nature use this language. But we have now posited that it is impossible for […]
The Future According to Jesus (Jay Gary)
(Highly recommended by Brian McLaren, The Secret Message of Jesus, p. 179 (‘First there is a conventional future with the status quo continuing on uninterrupted… Second there are various counterfutures imagined by various groups for whom the status quo is not too profitable or satisfying. There is the fight res;ponse of the Zealots (fight, rebel, […]
God
Overzealous child soldiers — and their parents — in Jesus Camp, a film about Pentecostals, represent only a fraction of Christians. By Kirsten A. Powers Web Exclusive: 06.09.06 Gandhi once said if Christians lived according to their faith, there would be no Hindus left in India. He knew how powerful the fundamental tenets of Christianity […]
Which Bible Translation is Best? (N T Wright)
From a netfriend: In ‘Romans in a Week’ NT scholar Bishop N T Wright warns of the inadequacy of the NIV, and expresses a considerable preference for the NRSV. He also says that no version is totally right, and that we should refer to several.
Christ’s Divinity Should Inspire Humility, Not Arrogance
Jim Wallis: Christ’s Divinity Should Inspire Humility, Not Arrogance Jesus being the Son of God does NOT mean that Christians are better, more right, more righteous, more moral, more blessed, more destined to win battles, or more suited to govern and decide political matters than non-Christians. Instead, believing that Jesus was the Son of God […]
Brian McLaren on Epistemology
A Conversation with Brian McLaren on Epistemology Post Note: Below was originally available in the public archives of the now defunct faithmaps discussion group. I’ve just discovered that those archives are no longer publically available. Accordingly, i’ve reposted it below here. Here is the conversation between Brian and myself about epistemology. For those of you […]
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (a conservative critique)
A review of The God Delusion. By Richard Dawkins. Part 1. Bantam Press, 2006. Many years ago when I read the short volume by atheist Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian, I thought: there is not much substance to this. Generalisations, straw men, red herrings and misrepresentations seemed to characterise the book. In […]
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Part 2 (a conservative critique)
A review of The God Delusion. By Richard Dawkins. Part 2. Bantam Press, 2006. As mentioned in part one, a book this size really deserves a book-length response. Thus I can here only highlight some of what I regard as the book’s many shortcomings. A few more specific issues will here be addressed. A New […]
How Can The Bible Be Authoritative? (N T Wright)
How Can The Bible Be Authoritative? (The Laing Lecture 1989, and the Griffith Thomas Lecture 1989. Originally published in Vox Evangelica, 1991, 21, 7–32. Reproduced by permission of the author.) N.T. Wright I am very grateful for the invitation to give this particular lecture, I should perhaps say that my reflections here arise not so […]
Was Jesus Christ in Heaven while also on earth? (More)
Picking up on the discussion about the ‘true humanity’ of Jesus Christ (See Google groups under ‘The Humanity of Jesus Christ’ , May 5, 2006 et seq.) I wrote (in part): Jesus was truly human: he was not omniscient (he confessed he didn’t know something); he was not omnipresent (only in one place at a […]
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