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Jake MeadorBibleFormation

Sanctified by Grace Blog Tour: Election

We're reviewing Suzanne McDonald's essay on election in our first post with the Sanctified by Grace blog tour.

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

A Defense of "Biblical" Against Interpretative Nihilism.

Biblical nihilism is a genuine possibility. However, Christians interested in preserving the prophetic mode should also preserve "biblical."

Kevin WhiteSufferingTheologyBibleDevotionalprovidencetheodicyGod the Fatherproblem of evilhopeGod's love

A Loving Father and Difficult Gifts

How can a loving God, the Father, give difficult gifts that we don't understand? He has a history of doing so, and his gifts are perfect.

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

The King Jesus Gospel: A Review

I've been almost completely offline the past couple weeks, so I'm behind on everything.  But I just noticed that Leadership Journal published my review of Scot

Cate MacDonaldBible

Christian Influence Fail: Rob Bell and Time Magazine

I never really cared about Rob Bell. I’ve never read his books but I like his nice videos. They seem like they might be attractive to people, maybe help influence doubters or seekers to examine Christianity a little more closely. […]

Kevin WhiteBibleHermeneuticsHistory/Church History

Literally?

Last week, Justin Taylor highlighted an article on the history of the interpretation of Genesis 1. I almost posted a rapid response, as the history of biblical interpretation is my

Jeremy MannBible

What are Theologians For?

What are theologians for? What are they supposed to do? If the theologians of the world went on a retreat together and made a list of objectives for 2011, what would be on it? I’m not sure how to answer […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

Mixing Fibers and Levitical Prohibitions

Mention the prohibition on tattoos in Leviticus 19:6 and it's 98.7% likely that the immediate response will be, "Yeah, and don't wear a

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

Defining the Gospel

Talking about the Gospel is all the rage these days. Everyone wants to know precisely how big it should be–does it include working for justice (which is invariably social justice), or not? With that in mind, I decided to put […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

McLaren's 'New Christianity' and its Greco-Roman Narrative

I haven’t yet read McLaren’s latest, mostly because of financial restrictions.  But I’ve been keeping one eye on the critiques, if only to see where the perceived weaknesses are if I ever make it around to it. And  Fuller New […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

The Central Message of the Epistle to the Galatians

I’ve been reading through some traditional evangelicals, hunting for their understanding of embodiment.  Along the way, I came across this gem from Andrew Murray: That there is a glorying in Christ Jesus that is accompanied by much confidence in the […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

The Gospel to the Phillipians

One of my other pet pseudo-academic theories that I occasionally like to argue is that Phillipians--not Ephesians, not Romans--is actually at the core of Paul's