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What's Worse Than Rape Texts In The Bible?

liberalbaptistrev wrote 3 days ago: What’s worse than rape texts in the Bible?  How about Christians more interested in defending … more →

Tags: Book Recommendations, Church History, Critique of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals, Biblical Interpretation, church response to rape, difficult Biblical texts, Dinah's Lament, Dinah's Lament: The Biblical Legacy of Sexual Violence , early biblical interpretation

Tim Tebow Theology

liberalbaptistrev wrote 4 days ago: To say Tim Tebow has been an outstanding athlete for Florida and a wonderful role model would be a g … more →

Tags: Book Recommendations, Critique of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals, Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evi, ending of Job, Evil, James L. Crenshaw, Job, Job 42:7, Job's friends

Musings on Marriage: The Captivating Beauty of Husband and Wife

rickwitmer wrote 5 days ago: “The LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitab … more →

Incarnation Problems

liberalbaptistrev wrote 1 week ago: Adoration of the Shepherds, Gerrit Van Honthorst Incarnation – God taking on human flesh.  On … more →

Tags: Christmas, Church Councils, Theology, Clarence Jordan, Faith, Advent, Incarnation, Mystery, Divinity of Jesus

Musings on Marriage: The Supreme Secret of the Burning Heart2 comments

rickwitmer wrote 2 weeks ago: “[Jesus] is the Image of the invisible God, the Firstborn over all creation. For by Him all th … more →

Going Rogue: Should the Church Follow Sarah Palin's Example?

liberalbaptistrev wrote 3 weeks ago:     rogue definition (yourdictionary.com) rogue (rōg) noun Obsolete a wandering beggar or tramp; vag … more →

Tags: Politics/Current Events, Re-thinking and Re-doing church, American Church, Assyrians, Church and culture, going rogue, Jeremiah, Jonah, loving enemies

Musings on Marriage: An Uncommon Assertion1 comment

rickwitmer wrote 1 month ago: “But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep … more →

Christians: Not A People of A Book

liberalbaptistrev wrote 1 month ago: In their book, Early Biblical Interpretation, James L. Kugel and Rowan A. Greer write the following … more →

Tags: Church History, Critique of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals, Biblical Interpretation, ORIGEN, Bible, Augustine, Old Testament, Bibliolatry, Inerrancy

Musings on Marriage: An Introduction1 comment

rickwitmer wrote 1 month ago: “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He c … more →

Homophobic Biblical Exegesis By Non-homophobic Christians1 comment

liberalbaptistrev wrote 1 month ago: Theodore W. Jennings, Jr. is the acting academic dean and professor of biblical and constructive the … more →

Tags: Sex/Gender/GBLTI, Book Recommendations, Critique of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals, GLBTI, Gender, Biblical Interpretation, Fundamentalism, Bible, sex

Who are True Christian Believers?

ephesians112 wrote 2 months ago: To be a true Christian believer one must… Acknowledge that he/she is a sinner and deserves God … more →

Compassion for Fundamentalists, Agnostics, and Atheists

liberalbaptistrev wrote 2 months ago: I think fundamentalism, in all its manifestations – Christian, Muslim, etc., is dangerous for … more →

Tags: Devotionals, Agnostics, atheists, Barth Ehrman, Christians, compassion, compassion for agnostics, compassion for atheists, compassion for fundamentalists

Lord, I Don't Want To Be Like Jesus

liberalbaptistrev wrote 2 months ago: You know the hymn, “Lord I Want To Be a Christian.”  I’m sure you’ve sang it … more →

Tags: Devotionals, Church History, Biblical Interpretation, Text Criticism, Biblical criticism, D. C. Parkter, difficult sayings of Jesus, anger, Lord I Want To Be A Christian

I'm not the only Christian who hasn't liked parts of the Bible.

liberalbaptistrev wrote 2 months ago: I’m in good company; more than a few Christians have not liked parts of the Bible.  Consider M … more →

Tags: Church History, Early Church, Text Criticism, revelation, Martin Luther, James, epistle of straw, D. C. Parker, 666

Rescuing A Violent God2 comments

liberalbaptistrev wrote 4 months ago:  Walter Brueggemann During my Doctor of Ministry program at Columbia Theological Seminary I had the … more →

Tags: Book Recommendations, Violence, Bible, marginalized, Theology, Walter Bruegeemann, Yahweh, Divine Presence Amid Violence, Joshua

In Defense of Not Defending Indefensible Texts in the Bible5 comments

liberalbaptistrev wrote 5 months ago: Ben Witherington III in his book The Living Word of God:  Rethinking the Theology of the Bible is mo … more →

Tags: Critique of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals, Ben Witherington III, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, honesty, humility, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jesus Against Christianity, Psalm 137:9

The Bible as a Living Text (Part 2)

liberalbaptistrev wrote 5 months ago: James D. G. Dunn in his book, The Living Word, highlights the diversity within the Bible.  Unfortuna … more →

Tags: Critique of Fundamentalists/Evangelicals, Diversity, Fundamentalism, Bible, living text, James D. G. Dunn, Amy-Jill Levine, Greg Carey, The Bible as a living text

The Place to Start

liberalbaptistrev wrote 5 months ago:   The place to start sounds like a formula and the church has too many formulas.  The church also ha … more →

Tags: Devotionals, Book Recommendations, Self, loving self, inward journey, Outward Journey, criticizing others, Exegesis, eisigesis

Don't blame me the Bible and the US Constitution are living texts. (Part 1)

liberalbaptistrev wrote 6 months ago: One gospel has Jesus saying “Blessed are the poor.”  (Luke)  Another gospel has Jesus sa … more →

Tags: Politics/Current Events, Bible, Fundamentalists, U.S. Constitution, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Biblical Contradictions, lords prayer, blessed are poor


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