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God of Our Fathers
Today I finished reading 2 Chronicles, and I’ve really been impressed by this book. I’m not sure I’ve ever taken it seriously before; after all, it’s just a repeat of 2 Kings, right? Plus it’s tied to 1 Chronicles which is up there with Leviticus as one of the most stereotypically boring books of the Bible. Wrong and wrong. It’s only with 1 and 2 Kings so fresh in my memory that the beauty of 2 Chronicles jumps out at me, and 1 Chronicles sets the stage magnificently. I’ve been chomping at the bit to share this all week! If I were N. T. Wright, I might have titled this…
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Meditations on Inerrancy (Part 1)
Last year’s annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) was focused on inerrancy, a doctrine I’ve always taken for granted. But following a fascinating panel discussion from the contributors to the new Counterpoints Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy, I picked up the book and let it sit on my shelf a few months. In that time I’ve been wrestling with my bibliology (i.e. theology of the Bible) in a disorganized and plodding fashion. How ought I to think about revelation (the doctrine, not the end-times book) and truth and interpretation and authorial intent and . . . the list goes on. With that in mind and with my project to explore…
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The Bible as Literature
I’ve been reading through the Bible cover-to-cover for what is in some ways the first time in my life. I read all the books of the Bible for seminary (even translated a few) and growing up we read through the whole Bible every morning, randomly jumping around from book to book. But I can’t recall ever starting in Genesis 1:1 and persevering through all 66 books in conventional order. It’s been absolutely FANTASTIC. I’ve been journaling through the whole process, but rarely blogging. And it’s killing me! Because this stuff is too good not to share. So my hope in coming weeks and months is to be more vocal and hopefully spark some…
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When the World is Running Down… (Music Monday)
I’ve been listening to the Police pretty much non-stop for the last 6 years, so I’m always in the mood to share the wealth. But given today’s online project, it had to be their turn; the Police (and I suppose Sting especially as main lyricist) were masters at meditating on paranoia. Unfortunately all the live clips I could find online had poorly mixed audio, so you’ll just have to put up with cover art. After all… When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What’s Still Around
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New Online Directions
Some nasty news came out about Facebook over the weekend, which you can read about here and here like I did. Facebook manipulated the emotions of some of its users for an experiment a few years back, and we’re just finding out about it. As a result I’ve decided to cut ties with Facebook and do what I should have done years ago: redirect all that social energy toward this blog. Starting today I’ll be blogging more, strengthening the connections between this site and the rest of my online presence, and spend a lot less time on Buzzfeed. The first thing returning visitors will notice is I’ve updated the design.…
