Albert Mohler led a discussion in Southern Seminary’s chapel today about the historicity of Adam and the gospel. Panel members include Tom Schreiner, Jim Hamilton, Chad Brand, and Steve Wellun. You can watch above, listen below, or download here. [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/fall2011/20111108-panel.mp3] My favorite line from the discussion comes from Jim Hamilton who argues that Peter Enns seeks to replace the beginning of the biblical story with evolution. Hamilton says that replacing the beginning of the biblical story with evolution is like replacing the first scene of “Star Wars” with the first scene from “Sleepless in Seattle.” It just doesn’t work because they are two different stories.
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Jim Hamilton Takes on Peter Enn’s about Evolutionary Worldview
Jim Hamilton weighs-in on the debate between Peter Enns and Al Mohler about evolution and the age of the earth. His conclusion: The issue is one of authority. And the question is not whether there will be an authority but which religion’s authoritative claims will shape our thinking: will our world-view be shaped by the authoritative statements of the medicine men and shamans in white coats or by the Spirit-inspired authors of Scripture? Read the rest here.
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The “Dad Mom” and the “Man Fail”
In a discussion over at the CCEF podcast, some counselors suggest that there’s nothing necessarily biblical about men assuming the role of primary provider for their families. [audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/ccef/HH_-_TL2C_WS2C_CC2C_AR_-_is_it_OK_to_be_a_stay_at_home_dad.mp3] I think that Owen Strachan hits much nearer the mark when he argues that the biblical ideal does not treat men and women as interchangeable with respect to the provider role. He writes, The “Dad Mom” concept is a “man fail” in my view. Men are not called by God to be “working at home” as women are in Titus 2:5. The ground is not cursed for women in Genesis 3:17, but for men, whose responsibility it was to work outside of…
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Craig Blomberg on Church Discipline
Craig Blomberg has some helpful reflections on his blog about church discipline and the interpretation of Matthew 18:15-17. He has five points: 1. Nothing in this passage limits the sin to certain kinds of offenses deemed particularly serious. 2. A lot of minor offenses can easily just be overlooked, for the sake of keeping that same peace. 3. The different meanings of “witnesses” in English cause unnecessary confusion. 4. There really isn’t any way to make “tell it to the church” mean “tell it to the pastor” or “tell it to the elders” or some other subgroup of the church. 5. Treating someone like “a pagan or a tax collector”…
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Jim Hamilton on the Removal of “Selah” from the NIV
Jim Hamilton takes issue with the decision of the NIV translators to remove the word “Selah” from the book of Psalms. He argues: For reasons textual, structural, intertextual, cultural, and theological the NIV 2011 should reverse itself on this point and put the word Selah back where it belongs: in the text. Hamilton concludes: When I read an ancient text from a different culture, I don’t want to look into a linguistic mirror. I would like for that text to feel a little foreign, to feel a little ancient. I don’t want it only telling me what I already know. This word Selah occurs over and over all across the…
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New Hebrew-English Old Testament Based on the ESV!
I just received Crossway’s 2012 Academic & Pastoral Resources catalog yesterday, and there are two items in here that I am really excited about. They are both Bibles, and I think they will be tools that will encourage pastors and teachers to read their Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament. The first is a Hebrew-English Old Testament that displays the ESV Old Testament alongside the Hebrew text. I am most enthusiastic about this one because the diglot options for the Hebrew Old Testament are fairly limited. Now, Crossway has given us the entire BHS text laid out next to one of the best translations in English. The release date…
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Moo, Grudem, and Clendenen Talk about Bible Translation
Wayne Grudem, Doug Moo, and Ray Clendenen recently participated in a symposium on Bible translation at Liberty University. Grudem represented the ESV, Moo the NIV, and Clendenen the HCSB. These men have different opinions about translation philosophy in general and about each others’ translations in particular. You can view the video of these presentations here. The audio is available below.
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Peter Williams on the Gospels as Eyewitness Accounts
Peter Williams is the warden at Tyndale House in Cambridge, England. He is also one of the bright lights of evangelical scholarship. Last March, he gave a fascinating lecture at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas titled “New Evidences the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts.” John Piper has called this presentation “the most remarkable (video) lecture on the reliability of the Gospels I’ve ever heard.” I would agree with Piper. I found this lecture to be absolutely riveting. The main lecture is above, and a short Q&A with Dr. Williams is below.
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Michelle Bachmann Shares Testimony in Iowa Church
Michele Bachmann shared her Christian testimony at a church in Osceola, Iowa on Sunday morning. Michael Gerson reports that her tone sounded “sincere and nonpolitical.” Here is an excerpt from The Iowa Independent‘s coverage of her remarks: “Even though I was doing nothing wrong — I wasn’t drinking, smoking or chasing boys — I still had a wicked heart,” Bachmann says of her 1972 teenage self before she and a group of three friends entered an abandoned and unlocked Minnesota church and stood before the alter confessing their sins. “We got up. I walked home to our little apartment, and I bowed before my bed. I said to God, ‘All…
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Come Visit Boyce College’s Preview Conference
It is Fall, and high school seniors (and juniors) all over the country are already beginning to get serious about what college they want to attend after graduation. There are a lot of choices, and sometimes making a decision can be bewildering. I want you to know, however, that there is one place that I give my unqualified endorsement to: Boyce College. Boyce College offers a solid undergraduate course of study that is steeped in the Christian worldview. I think every Christian student ought to consider the benefits of a Christian education. And for those who decide to go that route, Boyce College ought to be at the top of…