Honesty and Dishonesty; Inerrancy and Errancy
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“An ex-evangelical acquaintance of mine recently posted a link to an academic journal article critiquing inerrantist biblical scholars. It contained this paragraph…” - Mark Ward
LifeWay: Rainer lawsuit being paused, not dropped
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“After seeming to reverse course on a lawsuit against former president and CEO Thom Rainer, LifeWay Christian Resources says it will not officially withdraw its legal action against the SBC entity’s retired chief executive.” - BPNews
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Why We Get Up in the Morning Shouldn’t Differ from Sunday to Monday: Review of Steven Garber's “The Seamless Life”
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“Steven Garber envisions lives marked by greater coherence between our deepest commitments and our everyday cares.” - C.Today
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Redefining the Faith? Leonardo Boff on Eternal Generation and Procession
I’ve been reading Leonardo Boff’s work Trinity and Society. Boff is a Roman Catholic liberation theologian who may or may not be a Marxist. This is perhaps the most thought-provoking book on the Trinity I’ve yet read; right up there with Jurgen Moltmann’s Trinity and the Kingdom. Both these gentlemen are social trinitarians. They had a formative influence on Millard Erickson’s own monograph on the Trinity, which is excellent.
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American Sign Language Bible translation completed after 38 years
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“The ASLV, a series of videos, can be accessed on the Deaf Missions website and the Deaf Missions Video App….Deaf Missions will host a virtual celebration on their Facebook page Thursday (Oct. 1) at 7 p.m. CDT.” - BPNews
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LifeWay Calls Off Lawsuit Against Former President
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“Update: The Southern Baptist publisher will instead try to resolve its disagreement with Thom Ranier over whether he can now partner with Tyndale.” - C.Today
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Revelation 19:15 and the Coming Reign of Jesus over the Nations
I often have been drawn to Revelation 19:15. This verse comes in the middle of Revelation 19:11–21, a dramatic section describing Jesus’ second coming from heaven to earth. Concerning Jesus the verse reads:
From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations; and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
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LifeWay files suit over contract, Thom Rainer disputes
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“Rainer claims he received ‘a written and amicable release from publishing’ with the Southern Baptist Convention entity in October 2019, he discussed his publishing activities with LifeWay’s attorney and he ‘assumed all was well’ until receiving notice of the lawsuit Monday (Sept. 28).” - BPNews
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Does Romans 8:19-22 apply to music without words?
Scripture teaches that the entire creation was subjected to corruption:
Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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Celebrating the Legacy of Herman Bavinck: An Interview with James Eglinton
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“The works of Bavinck are enjoying a new day in the sun, and now comes a highly anticipated volume that ushers the multifaceted man himself into the light: James Eglinton’s Bavinck: A Critical Biography. Eglinton, senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, is well-equipped to write such a book, and we corresponded about this new biography.” - TGC
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