ANCIENT WORD, GOD’S WORD
A Look at the Old Testament & Its Problems
A weekend seminar with DR. TREMPER LONGMAN III & DR. PETER ENNS
“How can we think of ancient mythology as the word of God?”
“Isn’t the God of the Old Testament nasty & vengeful? He’s not like Jesus at all!”
“The Old Testament simply can’t be trusted.”
“Modern [...]
I’ve been wanting to jot down some of these thoughts for quite some time, so here they are. As I have listened to reactions to my use of an Incarnational Analogy (IA) to describe the nature of the Bible, it seems that there are some misunderstandings that persist in some popular and even academic settings—irrespective [...]
Saturday, 14 November 2009, from 10:00 am until 4:30 pm.
Location: Hostetter Chapel Sanctuary, Messiah College, Grantham, PA. Directions and a campus map are here http://www.messiah.edu/visitors/direction.html
Lectures sponsored by The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science
Featured speaker: Dr. Robert J. Russell, Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science in Residence at the Graduate [...]
I’ve just posted my review of the book The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible by Ben Witherington III.
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What has been called the “New Atheism” (NA) represented by such writers as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and some others, has come under tremendous scrutiny and virtual dismissal in many circles. I agree with others that the New Atheism is really an old atheism, just not argued quite as well, but I also think that [...]
The Act 3 Biblical Forum presents “Reading the Old Testament as Jesus Did” with Dr. Peter Enns, October 30-31, 2009, at the Holiday Inn, Carol Stream, IL.
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