Hey guys, I’ve been a bit busy lately, so instead of fully fleshed out post I’m just going to give a quick quote: From Wolfhart Pannenberg’s Basic Questions in Theology is this: Science achieves its success, however, precisely in that, and to the extent that, it remains keenly aware of the finitude of every step…
Month: September 2012
The Consumer Quandry: or What Would Jesus buy?
I’ve been thinking about Christian ethics quite a bit lately. Whether this is because I recently acted as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for an ethics class, or whether its because of the various ethical situations and morally ambiguous choices that seem to be put upon me, I don’t know. In particular, I’ve been thinking about…
Church History Minute: William Tyndale
So I’ve been doing something of a mini-series on the bible in English and I end it today by examining the last major translator of the bible into English prior to the King James Version: William Tyndale Who was he? William Tyndale is most well known, of course, for his translation work. While there were…
Do we have a soul?
So I recently attended and presented at a conference on the soul and body at Oxford. It seems, however, that the theme actually shifted to talking about identity generally, which was identified as the soul, rather than the soul as a separate thing. A reason for this shift was a general skepticism surrounding the idea…
Difficult Passages: 1 Corinthians 11 (part 3)
So over the past two weeks, I’ve looked at the difficult passage of 1 Corinthians. Most of the time spent on it is focus in the first half, which last week and the week before addressed. This week, though, I’d like to examine the latter half: verses 17-34. What seems to be the issue of…
Science and Religion Friday: The Galileo Affair, Part 3
In previous posts, I’ve noted how the central points of conflict between Galileo and his opponents were between different ideologies and personalities, and not religious in nature. Today, I’m going to talk about the actual period of trials Galileo underwent. The First Examination of Galileo Following the sermon by Caccini condemning Galileo, and after Caccini’s…
Early Christian Papyrus Fragment and what it (doesn’t) mean for you
So yesterday, I stumbled upon/(was bombarded by) the news that an early Christian script, probably from the fourth century, had been discovered that indicated Jesus was married. My first thought was “…and?” For whatever reason this gathered a lot of attention from the media. Now, the fourth century is quite early, but we have more…
Church History Minute: Jan Hus
Who was he? Jan Hus was a theologian in what is now the Czech Republic (then Bohemia) who lived in the late 14th and early 15th century. It is unclear whether he was a direct follower of John Wycliffe or not early on in his career, but his message was essentially the same: because of…
What is the Christian response to the unrest around the world concerning Americans?
I’m not offering any answers today, only questions. As an American living in a city where a massive protest against the US has recently taken place, where similar protests have turned violent in the Middle East, I am certainly concerned. I’m also greatly saddened by the loss of an American ambassador who believed the country…
Difficult Passages: 1 Corinthians 11, part 2 of 3: What does it mean to say that man is the head of woman?
Apparently this didn’t publish earlier (I scheduled it improperly). Sorry if you had been expecting it earlier. Last week, I discussed the entire issue of headcovering and what it means in the context of Rome during the first few centuries AD (CE). In the end, it was demonstrated that the issue of headcovering was Paul’s…
