Practicing discernment and discrimination
August 25, 2015
Are we permitted to use human judgment in our reading and interpreting the Bible? … More Practicing discernment and discrimination
Category: Scripture and Theology
Psalm 137 and Infanticide
August 17, 2015
In my last two or three journal posts, I wrote about biblical narratives that seem to be about one thing but are in fact about something else–narratives in which the meaning that lies on the surface of the texts differs from the original purpose of the text. The genocide passages in Joshua, for instance, seem … More Psalm 137 and Infanticide
The “Jews” in John’s Gospel
August 7, 2015
We are entering election season; hyperbolic rhetoric is already fills the political air like humidity in the South. We all know that often political rhetoric often seems to be about one thing but is really about something else–it has a subtext that is known but not talked about. Discussions about immigration are, for some people, … More The “Jews” in John’s Gospel
Of Genocide, Joshua, and the Jewish Community after the Exile
July 25, 2015
So far, my posts in this journal have been fairly abstract, dealing with the question of whether or not we should think of God’s revelation in terms of the transmission of facts, data, information. In the last hundred or so years, militant Fundamentalism has said Yes with a very loud voice. The result has been … More Of Genocide, Joshua, and the Jewish Community after the Exile
The Word of God and Spirit
July 20, 2015
The Word of God is spirit-ual; filled with the Spirit of God … More The Word of God and Spirit
Revelation, Information, and Action
July 13, 2015
the word of God is another name for God’s acting. . . . It is the expression and means of God’s creative power … More Revelation, Information, and Action
Why am I starting this journal?
July 13, 2015
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