In a course on biblical interpretation last year, I briefly addressed what I called a devotional reading of the Bible and tried to contrast it with what we would be learning in the class. I recently came across John Goldingay’s explanation of “Devotional Interpretation” in a section of his larger entry on “Hermeneutics” in the [...]
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Copernicus: The Real Story
June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Bible and Theology, General
It is simply not true that 16th-century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as a heretic because of his revolutionary theory that the earth revolves around the sun. News of his reburial last month (May 2010) hint at this fact by noting that Copernicus was reburied “in a tomb in the [...]
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The Great Divine Clean-Up
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Bible and Theology
Great quote from John Dominic Crossan in The Historical Jesus: Five Views (IVP: 2009): Eschatology is not about the destruction of the earth but about its transfiguration, not about the end of the world but about the end of evil, injustice, violence – and imperialism. I think of the eschaton as the Great Divine Clean-Up [...]
Why Social Justice is a Hot Topic in Churches
December 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Bible and Theology, Western Christian College
The college team at Western Christian College, of which I am a member, is researching the viability and marketability of a certificate or diploma program in Christian Social Justice. In that regard, the video below is Dr. Joel Hunter’s musings on the question as to why social justice has become such a hot topic among [...]