At this point in the 10 Bible Myth series, someone who still believes in Biblical inerrancy may feel compelled to say, “Well Peter, if you begin questioning the Bible and Biblical inerrancy, where does it stop? It’s just a matter of time before you start compromising on other things in the Bible until there’s nothingRead more
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Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Bible, Biblical genocide, Biblical inerrancy, Biblical violence, Escapist theologies, Following Jesus, God in the face of Jesus, God in the questions, Jesus, Learning and growing, Power & authority, Self-made project | Comments are Closed | 6 September, 2023 | 6
Christian hope, Escapist theologies, Following Jesus, God in the face of Jesus, New humanity, Power & authority | Comments are Closed | 16 June, 2022 | 7
What if I was to tell you that many of the most popular atonement theories developed over the last two-thousand years of church history (especially those following the third century AD/CE), have been deeply influenced by a storyline that is foreign to the pages of the Bible? We might say that the real Story ofRead more
American history, Bible, Biblical violence, Christian hope, Escapist theologies, Following Jesus | Comments are Closed | 30 May, 2021 | 8
The author of this blog reflection acknowledges that the wars and conflicts in the Middle East in general and in Palestine in particular are complicated, often nuanced, with varying interpretations within both the Jewish Israeli and Arab Palestinian communities. This reflection offers a perspective that is often neglected or unheard of by Americans and AmericanRead more
Escapist Theologies “If you take time to read and study Christian church history,1 you will discover a common assumption among some Christian traditions that God cares far more about the immaterial world and heaven (in other words, things we can’t see, hear, touch, smell, and taste) than he does about the material world (things weRead more
