“Get The Bible Verses Right, Journalist”
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Here’s my helpful tip: never trust a journalist who gives “biblical” advice. In the most recent issue of Time Magazine, Joe Klein makes this statement about what Barack Obama “should have said” to Pastor Rick Warren at the “Civil Forum” at Saddleback Church. Read more…
Categories: In The News, Main Tags: Barack Obama, Bible, bible verses, biblical urban legends, economy, heaven, Jesus, Joe Klein, kingdom of God, rich man and kingdom of heaven, Rick Warren, Time Magazine
“Teaching Scripture In Public Schools — Anything But The Bible?”
[This is the continuation of a series of posts beginning with "Should The Bible Be Taught In Public Schools?" about the decision by the Texas State Board of Education to authorize the teaching of an elective course on Bible in public high schools. It brings to the surface just about every question imaginable about the relationship between religion, politics, and the Bible.] Read more…
Categories: Main, Teaching The Bible In Public Schools Tags: Bible, Bible in public schools, Buddhist, Hindu, Islam, Koran, muslim, teach, teaching Islam in California public schools, Texas State Board Of Education
“Why Obama And McCain Will Submit To Rick Warren’s Evangelical Civil Forum”
On Saturday, August 16, Barack Obama and John McCain will attend a “Civil Forum” at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. The forum will be moderated by Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church.
Time Magazine made Rick Warren the subject of a recent cover article. The cover identifies Warren as “America’s most powerful religious leader” (Time Magazine Cover, August 18, 2008 Issue.) Read more…
Categories: In The News, Main Tags: abortion, Barack Obama, Bible, civil forum, evangelical, exegesis, gay marriage, hermeneutics, Jesus, John McCain, politicians, politiics, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, selective hermeneutics
“Evangelical ‘Bibliolatry,’ A Scholar’s Intentions, And Media Sensationalism”
After writing several articles about evangelicals, I want to pause for a bit to consider the role of the media and their use of sensational language about religious topics. Read more…
Categories: Main, What Is The Bible Tags: Bible, biblical scholarship, bibliolatry, evangelical, Evangelical Theological Society, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, inerrant, infallible, J P Moreland, media, news media
“Evangelical Theology and Barack Obama’s ‘Low View’ Of Scripture”
The Bible as Word of God—inerrant, infallible, and solely the work of God—remains the single most important distinction between evangelicals and other Christians.
In an interview with Stephen Mansfield, author of the new book, The Faith of Barack Obama, this is Mansfield’s answer to the question: Read more…
Categories: Main, What Is The Bible Tags: Barack Obama, Bible, evangelical, Faith of Barack Obama, high view of scripture, inerrant, infallible, Obama, scripture, Stephen Mansfield
“Teaching The Bible In Public Schools — The Bible Is Not A Textbook For Skills Training”
[This is the continuation of a series of posts beginning with "Should The Bible Be Taught In Public Schools?" about the decision by the Texas State Board of Education to authorize the teaching of an elective course on Bible in public high schools. It brings to the surface just about every question imaginable about the relationship between religion, politics, and the Bible.] Read more…
Categories: Main, Teaching The Bible In Public Schools Tags: Bible, Bible in public schools, civil rights movement, I've Been To The Mountaintop, Jr., Martin Luther King, promised land, reading skills, teaching bible in public schools
“The Inerrant, Infallible Bible — Where Is It?”
The sixty-six canonical books of the Bible as originally written were inspired of God, hence free from error. They constitute the only infallible guide in faith and practice. Article I of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s Statement Of Faith.
This first article of the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary “Statement Of Faith” crams several claims into these two sentences. Read more…
Categories: Main, What Is The Bible Tags: biblical inerrancy, biblical infallibility, classical rhetoric, enthymeme, inerrancy of the Bible, inerrant, infallibility, infallilble, Rylands Papyrus, syllogism
“Did God Write The Bible All Alone Or Did God Have Human Help?”
The role of human writers in the Bible is probably the most debated, contested, and complicated topic in the evangelical world. Although I am making a complicated topic too simplistic, the basic question is this: Did God write the Bible all alone or did God have human help? Read more…
Categories: Main, What Is The Bible Tags: 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith, authority of scripture, Bible, Dr. Peter Enns, Enns, evangelical, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, inerrant, infallible, Inspiration and Incarnation, inspired, Westminster Theological Seminary
“Does Religious Authority Override Secular Authority?”
When religious authority conflicts with political authority, which authority takes precedence?
Any consideration of the relationship between religion and politics in the United States must take into account that most churches, religious organizations, and ministers are tax exempt. Read more…
Categories: Authority And The Bible, In The News, Main Tags: authority, Authority And The Bible, communion, Impolite Topics, IRS, John F. Kennedy, muslim, obedience, obedience to authority, political authority, politics, Roman Catholic, tax code, teach Bible in public schools
“Public Money For Religious Education: Pervasively Sectarian or Merely Religious?”
A recent decision by the United States Court Of Appeals Tenth Circuit raises significant questions about the relationship between religion and politics.
The question at issue was whether students at Colorado Christian College could receive scholarships from the State of Colorado.
In other words, should public money be used to fund private religious education? Read more…
