Our family of bloggers is now complete with a new blog by my oldest daughther Sarah Joy Free. Go check it out and welcome her to our world!

My Old Testament Introduction professor, Dr. Peter Enns, in his article “Apostolic Hermeneutics and an Evangelical Doctrine of Scripture: Moving beyond a Modernist Impasse” provides a detailed argument for a view of Scriptural interpretation that I was grasping for in my post “Against a Co-opted Inerrancy.”
Disclaimer: My opinions in “Against a Co-opted Inerrancy” were [...]

Below is my digest of an excellent article (”Biblical Interpretation, Jewish”) in the Dictionary of New Testament Background by Karyn’s and my Old Testament Introduction professor, Dr. Peter Enns. I’ve found myself fascinated by our discussions in class about the use of the Old Testament by the New Testament writers. In the past, I had [...]

Courtesy of Toothpaste for Dinner (and Ochuk’s blog)

Time for a little useless break from my usual theology discussions. (This post was inspired by “Two Sinks” on my friend Roger’s blog.)
One of the bathrooms in the Montgomery library at Westminster (PA) seminary is marked unisex (for use by either gender). It has multiple stalls in it…and a lock on the entrance door. It [...]

My friend Steve sent me the following quote from the back page of Maxim magazine. I’ve never seen the publication, but apparently it’s one of those men’s magazines that only separates itself from Playboy or Hustler by the fact that the girl’s pictured (barely) have some shreds of clothing on.
So who should pop up [...]

Excellent little piece by Daniel at Sibboleth titled “On Depending on Scholarship” about the continued need of good biblical scholarship and the symbiotic relationship between Christian scholar and the man or woman in the pew.

The following was inspired, in part, by this post by the Internet Monk. I don’t necessarily agree with everything the iMonk wrote, but I do find myself resonating with much of it. His post brought more flamethrowers his way than any other he’s written. Well, here’s my take on it…let’s see how flame retardent Sacred [...]

Why do we feast with Christ in the midst of a suffering world? Peter Leithart has the answer.

N. D. Wilson, son of pastor/theologian/author/iconoclast Douglas Wilson, may have finally discovered the secret of how the famous Shroud of Turin image was produced by Medieval artists. Most fascinating part of his story is that he arrived at his hypothesis by using the logic found in G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries.