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In the 18th century itself, William Paley (Natural Theology; Evidences) argued for the soundness of the biblical witness—both as to God’s hand in nature and as to the soundness of the New Testament portrait of Jesus;9 and Thomas Sherlock pointed out, in his legally orientated work The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus, that people
... See moreJoseph M. Holden • The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics
It is rife in Christianity, which has a passion for proclaiming its confident solutions
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
In Jesus’ parables, the disciples play the role of the seers, with Jesus himself as both revealer and interpreter of the ‘mystery’. As in the scrolls and other apocalyptic writings, this revelation is not the unveiling of abstract truth per se, but the disclosure of a subversive and dangerous message. Israel’s history is moving swiftly towards its
... See moreN. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
The Future of Biblical Interpretation: Responsible Plurality in Biblical Hermeneutics
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The context and content of Daniel 9 thus point to a complex grid of meaning for Mark 13 and its parallels: YHWH’s final faithfulness to the covenant, and his rescue of his faithful ones, is to come about paradoxically through the destruction of the rebuilt city, and also through the cutting off of an abandoned ‘anointed one’. These, I suggest, are
... See moreN. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
Thinking is a creative act that can disclose or discover new meanings in old stories, even if the way they are read departs from the interpretations of the scholars who have assumed ownership of the material.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
The testimony of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered at Qumran.
Joseph McRae Mellichamp • Against the Flow Study Guide: Discussing and Applying the Message of Daniel Today
I am convinced that his final point is basically correct: where conflict occurred, it was because of Jesus’ eschatological beliefs and agenda, rather than because of a clash of abstract religious or moral values or teachings.