As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“ ‘Imagination’ is simply the mental faculty that we have of conjuring up mental images in our minds. ….Thus, the social imaginary includes not just intellectual beliefs but what we picture in our minds (memories, feelings, desires, fantasies, our constructions, and what we take as real).” - Gene Veith
by Paul Miles
Mythological hermeneutics is a growing threat to evangelicalism today. The notion is that Genesis does not give a literal account of human origins, but is a monotheistic rearrangement of pagan texts from the Ancient Near East and therefore is subject to error. If this accusation were coming only from atheists or even progressive Christians, it would be unfortunate; but mythological hermeneutics is infiltrating evangelicalism, so we need to equip ourselves with responses.
“I happen to love Ecclesiastes, for of all the books, it seems to offer the most realistic and motivating look at life in this world.” - Challies
“ ‘You know, kids. Your mom and I were talking about it recently, and we agreed that even if in the end, Christianity ended up not being true, it was still worth it.’… something seemed to be off. The tension became even stronger for me when I read 1 Corinthians 15:19” - P&D
Read the series.
For my money the top three works in the list are indispensable. The next two are important to have. I do not think the warning passages in Hebrews have yet been tackled adequately (and who is up to the task?). I personally hold that Hebrews should be read alongside the Olivet Discourse.
“Jeff Williams has seen the earth from 250 miles up. But the book’s real argument is that the most important vantage point isn’t orbital—it’s eternal.” - The Cripplegate
“While Plantinga focuses on the unreliability of reasoning if the brain is a product of blind evolution, Lewis examines the validity of logic itself if such reasoning is solely dependent upon non-rational matter.” - CPost
This is a series of short expositions of Revelation 4-22 from a futurist perspective. Follow along with a timeline here.
“Gavin Ortlund explores whether Christians can believe in ghosts, offering a biblical perspective that challenges pop-culture ideas while taking the supernatural seriously.” - TruthUnites
“Hart makes some bold claims about the Greek New Testament that I want to subject to careful critique. In the long discussion that [David Bentley] Hart had with Wener, Hart says a number of things doctrinally speaking that I can’t in good conscience agree with. And he says some things that are hard to interpret with charity.” - Ward on Words
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