Ok, I’ve been a little bit more quiet than usual, apologies to those waiting (particularly since I left the science and religion Friday on a bit of a cliff hanger). It’s been a particularly crazy week last week. This week is looking no better as I have numerous application packets that need to be sent…
Month: October 2012
Foundational Doctrines: Doctrine of Sin, part 2
So in investigating the first of the “foundations” described in Hebrews 6, I suggested that we can’t understand it (repentance of acts that lead to death), until we understand that second part: what are the acts that lead to death. Last week, I talked about what sin means in the context of creation and Sabbath,…
Church History Minute: John Duns Scotus
Who was he? A high (late) middle ages philosopher and theologian, who was referred to as “the subtle doctor.” He may have been born in Scotland (in Duns) and certainly studied in France and likely lectured at both Oxford and Cambridge. Little is known about him personally, though he was born around 1266 and died…
Getting (sorta) political
Well last night was the final US presidential debate (no I didn’t watch it I’m out of the country voting absentee). And roughly 2% of the US population is still undecided. During this election time, I think it would be helpful for us to keep some things in mind about the role our faith plays.…
Difficult Passages 1 Samuel 28
This past week the people over at The Gospel Coalition asked Dale Ralph Martin some hard questions about 1 Samuel 28 the episode involving the witch of Endor (the non-George Lucas one), Saul, and Samuel. As I would expect, Martin does an excellent job with the three questions and you can read his response here.…
Science and Religion Friday: Christianity does have objective criteria
Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent some time running through some of the critiques of religion generally, but Christianity more specifically, that are offered by atheists today, especially those who would fall into the category of the New Atheists. I first examined the primary historical evidence they use to say that Christianity and Science,…
Foundational Doctrines: Sin, Part 1
I’m beginning an examination of foundational doctrines today, in what will be a weekly series (on Thursdays). We might think of it as catechesis, but it is might hope that we go beyond where most catechisms and creeds go and really explore the meaning of these ideas. As a jumping off point, I’m going to…
Church History Minute: Martin Luther
Who was he? Really? You don’t know? How’d you make it to this blog? Ok, uh, he’s the founder of Protestantism. No, but who was he really? Oh well let’s a bit more valid. Let’s cover that in the next question Why was he important? Really let’s just do the history. Martin Luther did not…
Where is heaven
Ok, keep in mind that on Tuesdays I’m not trying to be just informative, but really trying to delve into some questions that are difficult, or look at certain aspects of the Christian faith in a different perspective. While I hold the opinions I give in these posts, I recognize that I could be very,…
Difficult Passages: 2 Samuel 24 vs 1 Chronicles 21
And we’re back to looking at difficult passages in the bible. This week, I’d like to look at the instance of David taking the census as recorded in 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21. Right of the bat, we have a bit of a discrepancy in these parallel passages that are otherwise in agreement…
