Category Archives: Bible-Theology

International Septuagint Day

Posted on 8 February 2016 by Benj

Happy International Septuagint Day! Continue reading →

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Not Just Treading Water

Posted on 8 January 2016 by Benj

There is fruit along the way. The fruit may come in small, airplane-sized cups. It may be fruit salad that’s mostly honeydew. (Honestly–who likes honeydew, anyway?) But it’s still fruit. Continue reading →

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Best of 2015

Posted on 2 January 2016 by Benj

Happy New Year! You’ve been waiting with bated breath: here are the nominees for the best posts of 2015. Choose Your Heresies Carefully For All the Nations I Love Ruining Bible Verses Microcredit, “Borrowing-to-Save,” and Social Norms Thoughts on Canon … Continue reading →

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Best of 2014

Posted on 27 December 2015 by Benj

It’s about 11 months later than I had thought it would be, but here are my nominations for the Top Eleven posts of 2014… Continue reading →

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Happy Hanukkah!

Posted on 11 December 2015 by Benj

I’m going out a limb to say that Christians can celebrate Hanukkah, too. I know it’s possible, because I do. Continue reading →

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Inerrancy

Posted on 30 November 2015 by Benj

‘Deductively, we know that Scripture does not teach error; inductively, we learn the form that that inerrancy takes.’ Continue reading →

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Review of Biblical Literature: Charlie Trimm, “‘YHWH Fights for Them!’: The Divine Warrior in the Exodus Narrative”

Posted on 1 October 2015 by Benj

My review of “‘YHWH Fights for Them!’: The Divine Warrior in the Exodus Narrative,” has been recently published in RBL. Continue reading →

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The Unique Challenge of Text and Canon for Protestants

Posted on 24 August 2015 by Benj

Protestants have never insisted that possessing the “original autographs” is necessary to know the Word of God. But we need to have something close to them—as close as the art of textual criticism can get us to original autographs. Continue reading →

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Chan on ‘Mother Church’

Posted on 17 July 2015 by Benj

“We are not saved as individuals first and then incorporated into the church; rather, to be a Christian is to be incorporated into the church by baptism and nourished with the spiritual food of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.” Continue reading →

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Sermon: “The Wrong Kind of Glory”

Posted on 4 July 2015 by Benj

Paul speaks to the Corinthian church about this impulse to gain the respect and admiration of others, and to have that respect live on beyond our earthly days. He speaks to them harshly but playfully, even sarcastically, because their idea of glory and respect is so skewed away from what it should be. Continue reading →

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