Dr. Hershael York of SBTS interviews Gary Moore on the importance of faith in the public life. Continue Reading…
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Greek and New Testament scholar Dan Wallace gives a much needed warning to church elders and the need for biblical education within the church:
One lesson we must learn from Misquoting Jesus [Bart Ehrman's best-selling book] is that those in ministry need to close the gap between the church and the academy. We have to educate believers. Instead of trying to isolate laypeople from critical scholarship, we need to insulate them. They need to be ready for the barrage, because it is coming. The intentional dumbing down of the church for the sake of filling more pews will ultimately lead to defection from Christ. Ehrman is to be thanked for giving us a wake-up call.
Source: Daniel B. Wallace. My Favorite Passage that’s Not in the Bible.
James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries has teamed up with Ivey Conerly and Crown Rights Media to do a new Islamic apologetics video. The first video produced, titled Why I love Jesus but Reject Islam, has received over 67,000 views on YouTube. According to a recent Dividing Line webcast, a third video featuring White, Conerly, and Crown Rights Media is in the works.
Recently, Truett Seminary’s professor of theology Dr. Roger Olson shed light on his low view of the Old Testament in a comment on his blog. Olson states:
I would go so far as to say that we should not focus on the cultural meaning, the circumstances, etc., except out of historical interest. Everything we need to know about God and salvation is in the New Testament. The OT was types and shadows. It provides some context for understanding the New Testament, but it provides nothing essential for doctrine or practice that Christians cannot find in the NT.
Source: Regarding Old Testament “Texts of Terror”: Comment #25098
The post itself has many disappointing comments about the Old Testament and Olson’s “interpret everything through a lens of love” theologizing, but his comment in view shows where the rubber meets the Marcion-esque road he is traveling. Continue Reading…
