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Trusting God is such a huge topic with multiple intersections with other spiritual faith and Bible topics. I do not claim to have it all figured out. What I do offer here in this post are some starting points that may help shape the conversation in a constructive way. How Myth 5 is supposedRead more
So the originals are inspired, but not the copies? The theory goes something like this. Long ago, God inspired the writing of the original documents (also called autographs) of the Bible. Meaning, copies (also called manuscripts) of those original documents are not what God inspired. It was the original documents only. The problem is thatRead more
In other words, for any of the Bible to be true and without error, all of the Bible must be true and without error. For many Christians, this assumption is attached to what is called the doctrine of Biblical inspiration. This view assumes that God led holy men in the distant past to writeRead more
Have you ever wondered if the assumptions you’ve had about the Bible don’t really match with how you approach any other topic in life? Maybe they’re a bit outdated? Perhaps even unethical and unhealthy to cling to any longer? In today’s post, I want to present 10 myths about the Bible that many ChristiansRead more
Imagine you are a Hebrew living in the 2nd century BCE in Israel. You are currently under occupation by a foreign nation. The remnants of the former Greek empire had invaded the land of your forefathers a century earlier. Judaism was eventually outlawed, and an alter was erected in your temple to the Greek godRead more
I hope you have enjoyed the series on the atonement so far. In this final post, I want to answer some of the most difficult questions about the atonement that have come up in my journey over the last twenty years. Some of them came up while listening to sermons at church, some while doingRead more
Today’s blog post is my third in a new series on my evolving Christian faith. If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to read the first two posts introducing the series, I recommend first reading FaithRethink: A new series on an evolving Christian faith followed up by FaithRethink: Are you the same person you used to be? Read more
Are you the same person? Grab a pad of paper and pen so that you can write things down, or get out an electronic device so that you can type out your responses instead. We’re going to take some time to compare and contrast our past selves to who we are now. In order toRead more
You remain a Christian. You’ve just changed. Perhaps your framework for understanding the Christian faith has changed. Perhaps your understanding and interpretations of various Bible topics and passages have changed. Perhaps some of your spiritual habits have changed. I too have changed. My understanding of my faith in Jesus has changed. To be clear, IRead more
