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Genesis 1 & Biblical Authority
Yesterday someone tagged me on Facebook, asking what I made of the following quote: If we can set aside the six-day creation doctrine, we have asserted our supremacy over Scripture. Our mind and our...
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Authority, Power, and the Cross
A few weeks ago I was raising some cautions about how Christian leaders use / abuse power. In conversation that ensued, a reader pursued the line that clearing out a seminary of its theological rabble...
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On Seth Godin’s blog, he took up the issue of having authority. People want authority because they want to have the leverage to get things done. He said that the way we conceptualize authority should...
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Authority, Scripture, Creed
Blogsphere confessional: I realize that I am often not at my best when I am trying to work out the relationships among bible, theology, and church authority. I do too much “not this but that” rather...
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If You Think You’re So Cool…
… then why not get the whole church to say you’re right? That’s a large part of Barth’s challenge to the church, and particular groups within it, as he wraps up the seemingly interminable §20,...
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Bible Without Fundamentalism
Is it possible to be continually seeking scripture as the rule for faith and practice without becoming a “fundamentalist”? (And by fundamentalist, here, I mean what we all usually mean: someone to the...
View ArticleAuthority, Easter, Church
I don’t worry about authority in the church so much. I know that this is a big deal to a lot of people. I know folks who have converted to Roman Catholicism from various Protestant traditions largely...
View ArticleAuthority Redux
[beginning of throat clearing] The bad thing about leaving no thought unpublished is that sometimes you get one out there that’s just flat or half-baked. The nice thing about thinking out loud in...
View ArticleSex and Hierarchy
I led a seminar on sexuality for a church a couple weeks ago. I’ve also been reading a bit about sexual ethics and polemics in the ancient world. So, yes, I’ve been thinking a lot about sex lately, but...
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