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Speaking freely: 06/01/2015 - 07/01/2015
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And usually at some length, where "verbum domini manet in æternum" meets "hominum confusione et dei providentia.". What Is This Place? Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Who Do You Trust? I was having a conversation on Twitter, and Marcus Borg came up, and I said that I basically agreed with his Pauline chronology, even if I don't agree with many of his conclusions in interpretive work. And that was interpreted as a statement of how far I trust. So, after all that, it occurs to me: I don't ...
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Speaking freely: Ask Me Something!
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And usually at some length, where "verbum domini manet in æternum" meets "hominum confusione et dei providentia.". What Is This Place? Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Alright. Over several years of running this blog, I've come to realize that it's not exactly a conversational space. What I do here is too much about "getting it right," chasing down the last little details. It may be thought-provoking—I hope! 8212;but it just isn't terribly interactive. But I love conversation! You can reach me at ep (dot) eleuthe...
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Speaking freely: The Relief of Being Able to Take the Bible Seriously—and Not Conservatively
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And usually at some length, where "verbum domini manet in æternum" meets "hominum confusione et dei providentia.". What Is This Place? Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Monday, March 23, 2015. The Relief of Being Able to Take the Bible Seriously—and Not Conservatively. This is a profoundly important thing to realize about critical scholarship, and one that is so rarely spoken: it serves the faith, and it does good for the faithful! The standard line goes significantly in the other direction, on the idea that criti...
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Speaking freely: What Is This Place?
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And usually at some length, where "verbum domini manet in æternum" meets "hominum confusione et dei providentia.". What Is This Place? Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. What Is This Place? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Chicago, IL, United States. I'm a diagnostic theologian. I take things apart to fix them. I do theology because I enjoy it, but also because it's between the NT work I have to do, and the ethics work I have to do—and as a certain kind of theologian I can do both. View my complete profile. Hi My name i...
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Speaking freely: 07/01/2015 - 08/01/2015
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And usually at some length, where "verbum domini manet in æternum" meets "hominum confusione et dei providentia.". What Is This Place? Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Friday, July 24, 2015. Why "Hopeful Universalism" Isn't Hope. Bad people) will get what they "deserve" in eternity, and will get it for all. Eternity—if, that is, they aren't simply destroyed outright with extreme prejudice. A doctrine we think of as perfectly and impartially just. A doctrine that is as perfectly and impartially just as we are.
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Speaking freely: Who Do You Trust?
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And usually at some length, where "verbum domini manet in æternum" meets "hominum confusione et dei providentia.". What Is This Place? Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Who Do You Trust? I was having a conversation on Twitter, and Marcus Borg came up, and I said that I basically agreed with his Pauline chronology, even if I don't agree with many of his conclusions in interpretive work. And that was interpreted as a statement of how far I trust. So, after all that, it occurs to me: I don't ...
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Speaking freely: 04/01/2014 - 05/01/2014
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And usually at some length, where "verbum domini manet in æternum" meets "hominum confusione et dei providentia.". What Is This Place? Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Monday, April 21, 2014. What is praying like, for me? The short answer is that I talk to God. I trust that God hears me, that God will always hear me, and that God who hears my prayers will answer them. But that leaves out a lot. That's what praying is. Not what it's like. Wouldn't a good God simply do what was needed in every situation? There's re...
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Speaking freely: 05/01/2014 - 06/01/2014
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And usually at some length, where "verbum domini manet in æternum" meets "hominum confusione et dei providentia.". What Is This Place? Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Monday, May 5, 2014. The Westminster set defend this usage (though they will deny that there is anything of opinion about their dogma) by reference to a forensic definition of apologia. Belongs to courtroom defense, the testimony of those who are being prosecuted. (Or is it persecuted? Or engage in apologēsis. In these senses is katēgoria. What Is ...