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Lamoureux: links and labels

December 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Ancient Near East, Evolution/origins, Science, Scripture

Mike Beidler over at The Creation of an Evolutionist has a post up with a link to an overall excellent interview with he brilliant Denis Lamoureux, author of Evolutionary Creation, conducted by CanadianChristianity.com. Check it out!
On a side note (and I do think that this is just a side note), Lamoureux has spearheaded an effort [...]

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Progressive revelation

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Ancient Near East, Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theology

I’ve not got much to say about this, but please check out Cliff Martin’s post that describes his thinking on the unchanging nature of God, progressive revelation, and the inspiration of Scripture. I don’t think I disagreed with anything he said. Here’s an excerpt:

I believe that the Bible is a unique book, inspired from Genesis [...]

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Ancient and modern methods of recording historical events

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Ancient Near East, Hermeneutics, Scripture

Lawrence Boadt’s excellent Reading the Old Testament has a chart on page 79 that illustrates some key differences between the way the ancients viewed history and the way we do today. We tend to be shocked when we discover that there might be any deviation from what we subconsciously have accepted as the only viewpoint. [...]

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Are the early Genesis stories historical accounts?

June 13th, 2008 · 20 Comments · Ancient Near East, Hermeneutics, Scripture, The Fall, Theology

Before I “took the road less traveled by” into historical linguistics, I was highly interested in ancient history, especially as it related to the Old Testament. I wanted to learn Sumerian, Egyptian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, and of course Hebrew so that I could study the Ancient Near East (ANE) and how it related to the Bible. [...]

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The Garden of Eden: thoughts from Tim Martin

May 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Ancient Near East, Covenant Creation, Scripture, Theology

When I was at Truthvoice 2008 a month ago, the co-author of Beyond Creation Science, Tim Martin, gave two talks that I thought were worthy of discussion on my blog. Here are my thoughts on the first talk.
[Note: I am summarizing based on the notes I took, and I honestly hope I misrepresent nothing he [...]

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My position on the origins question

April 16th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Ancient Near East, Evolution/origins, Science

Josh recently commented on another thread, “I want to hear your explanation of the origin of life on earth. I have heard the positions you are against. So how did we come about?”
Actually, you’re asking two different questions. The first, concerning the origin of life itself, I have not come to any conclusions on. I [...]

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The Fallout

February 15th, 2008 · 20 Comments · Ancient Near East, Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, The Fall, Theology

This is the eighth and final post in a series on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
Part 4: Inerrancy vs. infallibility
Part 5: The literary-generic principle
Part 6: The authority of Scripture
Part 7: Case study: the Fall

So anyway what about [...]

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Case Study: the Fall

February 11th, 2008 · 15 Comments · Ancient Near East, Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, The Fall, Theology

This is the seventh in a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
Part 4: Inerrancy vs. infallibility
Part 5: The literary-generic principle
Part 6: The authority of Scripture
The traditional doctrines of the Fall and of Original Sin [...]

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The Literary-Generic Principle

January 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Ancient Near East, Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Hymns, Personal, Scripture, Theology

This is the fifth of a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
Part 4: Inerrancy vs. infallibility
The Importance of Determining Genre
Because the Bible is a compilation of literary works, in order to get the sense [...]

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