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February 22, 2012

The question many Bible readers have asked and are still asking, and an observation many make at the visceral level, is this: Is there a driving concern for social justice in Paul's letters? Daniel Kirk, in Jesus Have I Loved, But Paul?, brings in slavery and how slave owners often justified slavery and subjugation in [...]

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Published on February 22, 2012 22:09 • 1 view
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Published on February 22, 2012 11:00 • 2 views
David Brooks gets to the heart of the athlete and compares it to the heart of faith. Is competition fundamentally at odds with following Christ? Is the ambition to win? What differences are between Brooks' sketch of the athlete and the business person/entrepreneur? The moral universe of modern sport is oriented around victory and supremacy. [...]

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Published on February 22, 2012 08:06 • 1 view
Whenever I look for a God, I encounter Jesus. Many of my friends and colleagues will tease that when I believe, all I am doing is putting faith in an ancient book, but of course that's not how I get there. When I scan the philosophies about God, when I look for a narrative driving [...]

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Published on February 22, 2012 03:05 • 1 view

February 21, 2012

At the heart of Christian belief about the future is resurrection — the resurrection of Christ, the resurrection of the saints, and the power of God to make all things new. On this general idea we agree — and then the problems begin. What will a resurrection body be like? Tom Wright is not alone [...]

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Published on February 21, 2012 22:04 • 2 views
From Arise, CBE's newsletter: On Jesus' Choosing Twelve Men J. R. Daniel Kirk (PhD), New Testament professor at Fuller Seminary Northern California, is an author, and he blogs daily at Storied Theology (http://jrdkirk.com). He will be speaking in April at the CBE Houston Conference, "A New Creation. A New Tradition: Reclaiming the Biblical Tradition of [...]

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Published on February 21, 2012 10:05 • 1 view
I open this letter for you. Read it and pray. Several weeks ago I downloaded Junia is Not Alone.  As the only person on staff at a small church, I am also taking two courses so I have not had time to read it. Until today. Thank you. Thank you for being willing to say [...]

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Published on February 21, 2012 08:02 • 1 view
Part Two (Ch 5-7) of the new book by Peter Enns, The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins, turns to Paul's Adam in the context of Paul's theology, Paul's Christology, and Paul's view of scripture.  Chapter 5 introduces the topics, Chapter 6 looks at Paul as an ancient [...]

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Published on February 21, 2012 03:10 • 1 view

February 20, 2012

Not many say what Daniel Kirk has said: "I am going to argue that Paul's letters, to a greater extent even than the ministry of Jesus itself, establish a narrative trajectory of unity through equality" (Jesus Have I Loved, But Paul?, 118). So there you go: the bold claim that in Paul's own ministry and [...]

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Published on February 20, 2012 22:06 • 2 views
I take the title of this post from the little e-book I wrote, Junia is Not Alone. Here is the kind of evidence that needs to be repeated and expanded more and more. Thanks to Sandra Glahn for this fine sketch: Often evangelicals teach that women were content with their lot in life until Betty Friedan [...]

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Published on February 20, 2012 11:23 • 4 views

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