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Sloppy Apologetics

Friday, June 6th, 2008

::sigh::
I really don’t enjoy nitpicking at an otherwise good expose of false teachings, but this is just unacceptable.
Today, in Part 4 of the series at Herescope on Brian McLaren’s “Change” tour, I was very disappointed in this paragraph:
This entire line of reasoning is reminiscent of a geometry proof gone bad. If one begins with an [...]

A Fly In The Ointment

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

I suppose I should have expected it, but it still greatly disappoints me. In the series I mentioned a couple posts ago that is running at Herescope, today was Part 2. I was nodding in agreement as the article exposed McLaren’s promotion of Preterism and Open Theism, but then came the “equal and opposite [...]

The Unknown God

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Toward the end of Acts, in chapter 17, the apostle Paul is in Athens and is invited to speak to their philosophers about his “strange teaching”. He begins with the statement “I see that you are very religious”, which came from his observation of the many shrines to various gods in the city. They even [...]

The Fountain of Truth

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

I hold as a “given” that it is impossible for anyone to read without interpreting. Everyone has foundational assertions that all else is built upon, but few people are even aware of them, or at least can conceive of others having a right to different foundational assertions. It can be very mind-bending to step outside [...]

“Plain Reading” and Communication

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Often we here someone say “A plain reading of the text here tells us…”, especially if the matter being discussed is controversial. Everyone says they’re just doing a “plain reading” of the scriptures. But it is literally impossible to read anything at all without interpreting as we go, so what exactly is a “plain reading”, [...]

Strange Bedfellows

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Is it possible to slay Goliath again?