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Pete Enns on Christians and the Old Testament
This post was first published on Peter Enns’s blog, Rethinking Biblical Christianity, on July 29, 2013. * * * When Christians run up against interpretive challenges in the Old Testament – like killing...
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“10 Words” from the OT that guide my journey
Moses Receiving the Tablets of the Law, Chagall Let me mention Peter Enns once more this week. A couple of days ago he ran a stimulating post called 10 Old Testament passages that shape how I think...
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Blogging through The Lost World of Adam and Eve (1)
Blogging through “The Lost World of Adam and Eve” • Propositions 1-5 I’d like to take some time during the near future to blog through John Walton’s important book, The Lost World of Adam and Eve:...
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Blogging through The Lost World of Adam and Eve (2)
Blogging through “The Lost World of Adam and Eve”, by John Walton • Post #2: Proposition 6 Now that the groundwork has been laid (see post one in this series), and before he moves into a specific...
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Blogging through The Lost World of Adam and Eve (3)
Blogging through “The Lost World of Adam and Eve”, by John Walton • Post #3: Propositions 7-11 Here are the next propositions John Walton makes regarding Adam and Eve and the account of Genesis 2-3:...
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Blogging through The Lost World of Adam and Eve (4)
Blogging through “The Lost World of Adam and Eve”, by John Walton • Post #4: Propositions 12-14 The next three propositions John Walton presents have to do with the setting of the “garden” in Eden and...
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Non-Order, Order, Disorder
Two paintings called “The Human Condition,” Magritte I was thinking we might finish John Walton’s book today, but I had brain cramp trying to put a final post together, so I’ll save that for another...
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Blogging through The Lost World of Adam and Eve (5)
Blogging through “The Lost World of Adam and Eve” • Excursus by N.T. Wright We have been blogging through John Walton’s book The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate....
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Randy Thompson: The Bloody God and the Bleeding God
The War against Gibeon, Dore The Bloody God and the Bleeding God by Randy Thompson, Forest Haven, Bradford, NH I’ve been reading the Old Testament. It’s a great story, despite Leviticus’ by-laws and...
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Relational God, relational creation
Avraham welcoming the three angels, Nachson For your contemplation today, here is more from Terence Fretheim on the “fundamental relational character” of God and the creation. • • • A basic claim I...
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Pete Enns: When God stops making sense (or, my favorite part of the Old...
The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, Blake Note from CM: As you’ve no doubt noticed by now, my favorite OT scholar is Pete Enns. He has helped me so much in furthering my understanding of and...
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Wisdom Week: Proverbs – Life’s Baseline
When most people think of “wisdom” with regard to the Bible, the Book of Proverbs comes to mind. Proverbs contains observations and instructions about life at its “baseline.” It sets forth general...
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Brueggemann: The hurt God and the possibility of faithfulness
Noah and the Rainbow, Chagall Walter Brueggemann is among my favorite Bible commentators and theologians. He represents a generation of scholars in a tradition that my evangelical/fundamentalist roots...
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Another Look: One Human Action, Profound Effects — Jesus and Adam
Note from CM: Since this subject came up in the discussion yesterday, I thought I would re-post a piece that I recommended in a comment (with edits and updates). I have also inserted additional...
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One of God’s Better Stories
Monhegan Island Maine East Coast 2014 I have to admit, I loved being a part of the story I posted yesterday. It was a great privilege to know Lenny and Frances, and their lives inspire me. I got a...
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Psalms Week: May Your Kingdom Come
Franz Josef, Photo by Chris Gin The Book of Psalms is a wilderness book. It is also perfect for the messy, muddy, unpredictable season of Lent. It is filled with laments, the most common type in the...
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Psalms Week: Lives Built Around Praying the Psalms
My primary (and very limited) experience with praying the Psalms communally is with the Trappist monks at Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. They pray the Psalms seven times a day, and cover the entire...
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Looking for David
Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. • Matthew 1:1 • • • I have argued elsewhere that the...
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Another Look: Now there’s a story
Jacob Wrestling the Angel. Knippers One of my favorite stories in scripture is that of the patriarch Jacob. Or, “that rascal,” as I like to call him. From birth, Jacob was never anything but a piece of...
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Is God saying something to us?
Seen on Facebook this week: • Hear it again: “God allows trials to come our way to get our relationship back in tune with Him in order to keep us from eternal calamity.” Is that what God is saying to...
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