Thanks to Justin Taylor for alerting us to the video of a debate between Alister McGrath (theist) and Peter Atkins (atheist). Alister McGrath is Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University, and Peter Atkins is Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University. Debate: “Darwin and humanity: Should we rid the mind of God? (2007)”
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Jimmy Carter Says Mormons Are Christians
In his 1976 campaign for President, Jimmy Carter made much of his being a “born-again” Christian. Many of his fellow Southern Baptists in the solid (but softening) south were delighted to hear what sounded like a plain confession of evangelical faith. But that was then, and this is now.
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More Misunderstanding of Mohler
The media’s misunderstanding of Dr. Albert Mohler’s so-called “gay baby” article continues. Harold Meyerson has this to say in today’s Washington Post: Mohler’s deity, in short, is the God of Double Standards: a God who enforces the norms and fears of a world before science, a God profoundly ignorant of or resistant to the arc of American history, which is the struggle to expand the scope of the word “men” in our founding declaration that “all men are created equal.” This is a God who in earlier times was invoked to defend segregation and, before that, slavery. This is a sad article and ought to elicit our prayers, not scorn.
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Review of Richard Hays’ Faith of Christ
Richard B. Hays, The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1-4:11, The Biblical Resource Series (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002). lii and 308 pages. $29. In 2002, Eerdmans printed a second edition of what has turned out to be a major contribution on the theology of the apostle Paul. What follows is not a full-blown review of Richard Hays’ watershed book, but I do want to offer a few reflections on it.
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Mohler in The Washington Post
The Washington Post covers the controversy stemming from Dr. Mohler’s “Gay Baby” blog. “The Problem, in A Fundamental Nutshell: ‘Is Your Baby Gay?'” – Washington Post
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Mohler’s Gay-Baby Article
The Associated Press has been reporting on the response to Dr. Albert Mohler’s essay, “Is Your Baby Gay?” As the AP reports, two arguments from Dr. Mohler’s article have been particularly controversial:
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Wrong from Wright
N. T. Wright delivered an controversial lecture last November about America and its war on terror. Wright’s lecture was titled, “Where is God in ‘The War on Terror’?”, and he argues among other things that the American war in Iraq is but an immoral extension of America’s imperial ambition to dominate the world. Here’s his description of the Iraq war: “the angry superpower, like a rogue elephant teased by a little dog, has gone on the rampage stamping on everything that moves in the hope of killing the dog by killing everything in reach.”
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Former professor sues Southwestern
“A former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor has filed suit against the school and its president, Paige Patterson, claiming she lost her tenure-track position because of her gender. The suit by Dr. Sheri Klouda, filed late Thursday in federal court, accuses the Fort Worth seminary and Dr. Patterson of breach of contract, fraud and defamation. The suit asks unspecified damages.” –Sam Hodges, Dallas Morning News
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Hello, My Father Just Died
Everyone who reads this blog knows about my love for Pastor John Piper of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He wrote something this week that I shall not soon forget, and I want to share it with you.
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Is the Resurrection Body Physical?
The makers of “The Jesus Tomb” have been arguing that finding Jesus’ bones shouldn’t damage Christian faith since Jesus’ resurrection body need not be physical. In the panel discussion with Ted Koppel, James Tabor argued from 1 Corinthians 15 that Jesus’ resurrection body was spiritual not physical at his ascension. Tabor’s interpretation of the Apostle Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 15 is seriously mistaken. Here is an excerpt of the relevant text from 1 Corinthians 15: