Posts Tagged ‘Bible’

  • History or Theology: the Bible as a document

    Mar 18, 11 • Reading2 Comments
    History or Theology: the Bible as a document

    Gavin in his post “Mrs. God” linked to my recent podcasts about Yahweh’s wife, he notes one area for discussion: I’m a bit worried about the distinction Tim makes between a historically married god and a theological entity who wasn’t, but it’ll be interesting to see where it all leads. To respond in this podcast [&hellip...

  • E100-90: 1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11: The Coming of the Lord

    Aug 20, 10 • E100, ThessaloniansComments Off on E100-90: 1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11: The Coming of the Lord
    E100-90: 1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11: The Coming of the Lord

    To my mind this passage provides a nice example of what Paul was on about in the previous reading, many people get hung up on the picture of Christ descending from heaven, and the possibility of people rising to greet him, and spend their time constructing imaginative and creative theologies and multi-million dollar businesses writing [&hellip...

  • E100-89: 2 Timothy 3:10 – 4:8: Scripture

    Aug 19, 10 • 1&2 Tim; Titus, E100Comments Off on E100-89: 2 Timothy 3:10 – 4:8: Scripture
    E100-89: 2 Timothy 3:10 – 4:8: Scripture

    This passage, which begins and ends with Paul’s suffering, centres on Scripture. It contains the verse which in Evangelical circles is probably the second best known (after John 3:16) Bible reference of all (more rightly it should be two verses, since one cannot understand 2 Tim 3:16 without the purpose declared in 2 Tim 3:17). [&hellip...

  • E100-87: 1 Timothy 6:3-21: Censoring the Bible?

    Aug 17, 10 • 1&2 Tim; Titus, E100Comments Off on E100-87: 1 Timothy 6:3-21: Censoring the Bible?
    E100-87: 1 Timothy 6:3-21: Censoring the Bible?

    Sometimes it is the very people who respect the Bible most who are moost tempted to censor Scripture. This passage is a fine example of how we are tempted to massage Scripture to remove “difficulties” and make it sound more like something our world can understand. Why does our reading begin at v.3? The chapter [&hellip...

  • E100-78: Acts 15:1 – 15:41: The Council at Jerusalem

    Aug 4, 10 • Acts, E100Comments Off on E100-78: Acts 15:1 – 15:41: The Council at Jerusalem
    E100-78: Acts 15:1 – 15:41:  The Council at Jerusalem

    Oh, boy! Oh, boy 🙂 What a chapter!? This chapter, full of the minutes of, or rather a report on, the first recorded business meeting of the Christian church, both raises and solves a huge problem Christians have with Scripture, and comes close to, but avoids two of the commonest contemporary (in New Zealand Baptist [&hellip...